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Blog Post
June 05, 2024
In 2015 the nations of the world agreed at the United Nations on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached by 2030. The SDGs are the closest the world has come to a definable and measurable global social contract.
The SDGs do not constitute a legally binding contract; there are no pen...
Blog Post
June 05, 2024
Amidst stagnating levels of development assistance for health, questions about the future of vertical programs such as PEPFAR, lackluster performance on the Sustainable Development Goal for health, and growing calls to address excessive fragmentation in global health, the global health community is ...
Blog Post
May 08, 2024
Managing pandemics is not just about halting the spread of disease—it's about striking a careful balance between preserving public health and minimizing disruptions to daily life and well-being. Crafting effective policies in such situations requires a deep understanding of factors including how the...
Blog Post
April 18, 2024
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addressing global challenges will require a step change in private investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Only a small fraction of the trillions in private assets under management are currently directed to EMDEs.
Blog Post
April 15, 2024
In theory, disinvestment offers the potential to release resources for achieving UHC during challenging fiscal times. However, in practice, it is time- and resource-consuming and results in less benefit than expected at the outset. The opportunity cost of launching an initiative needs to be weighed ...
POLICY PAPERS
April 15, 2024
Many low- and middle-income countries are projected to spend less on health over the rest of this decade than they did pre-2020. The adage “more health for the money” is more meaningful than ever—but how do we act on it quickly? Disinvesting from low-value health technologies and interventions is on...
Blog Post
March 12, 2024
There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And...
Blog Post
February 26, 2024
As most of the developing world struggles to increase, let alone maintain current levels of domestic health expenditure, getting more health for the money has never been more important. Building robust health technology assessment (HTA) systems to inform governments on which health technologies and ...
Blog Post
December 14, 2023
The low quality of health care services has become a primary concern globally and for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that have made bold commitments to progress toward universal health coverage. Despite improvements, an estimated five million deaths could be averted globally through better...
Blog Post
November 28, 2023
The central role that private investors must play in financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) investments in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is now widely understood and acknowledged. The just-published two-volume report of the Independent Experts Group (here and here) to the ...