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May
14
2024
IN PERSON
Washington, DC
8:30—1:30 PM ET
May 05, 2024
This in-person seminar will convene an array of experts to discuss the governance and financing of initiatives relating to pandemic preparedness and response. In particular, the event will focus on the roles of the European Union and the United States.
Oct
11
2023
VIRTUAL
9:30—10:30 AM ET / 2:30-3:30 PM BST
September 28, 2023
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires strong primary health care systems—which, in turn, requires adequate financing. The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on UHC earlier this fall reiterated the importance of primary care and UHC as global priorities. However, funds to...
CGD NOTES
August 18, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for COVID-19 on May 5 and for mpox on May 11, 2023. Throughout its use, the meaning of the PHEIC has been muddled. We call for a new, objective epidemic scale that better communicates...
CGD NOTES
November 02, 2022
At last year’s United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), 141 leaders committed to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. Forests, particularly tropical ones, are known to play a crucial role in removing carbon from the atmosphere, partially offsetting the effect of greenhou...
Sep
8
2022
10:00—11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 2:00 - 3:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 3:00 - 4:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
August 31, 2022
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is facing a critical change with the upcoming election for a new director. Six candidates are competing to fill the post held by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne since 2013. And a lot is at stake to ensure this specialized health agency of the Inter-American System ...
Jul
28
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 1:00 - 2:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
July 14, 2022
When COVID-19 first emerged, leaders scrambled to design and implement a mechanism to facilitate the global vaccine rollout with urgency and without precedent. In April 2020, the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and other organizations launched CO...
Mar
3
2022
3:00—4:30 PM Central European Time
February 22, 2022
Strengthening the global health architecture is a topic high on the current international agenda. In this context the speakers will share their perspectives on how to improve governance and financing of pandemic preparedness and response. What options are on the table? What is the potential for redu...
BRIEFS
May 23, 2019
The World Health Organization routinely develops and issues guidelines on how best to prevent, diagnose, and treat particular medical conditions. The guidelines are developed through a process determined by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee—a key part of which involves systematic evidence ap...