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Blog Post
February 15, 2022
Last week, the European Union and its member states placed a “European global health strategy” at the top of their shared agenda. And as part of the EU-Africa summit this week in Brussels, the EU is highlighting its support for regional manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine via the African Union’s Partn...
Feb
16
2022
2:00—3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
February 09, 2022
Access to safe water remains a challenge for many parts of the world. More than two billion people still drink contaminated water, and 1.5 million people die each year from diarrhea. However, despite water treatment being widely available, inexpensive, and effective, it has often been excluded from ...
Mar
10
2021
9:00—10:15 AM ET
March 03, 2021
Even prior to COVID-19, full immunization for age was vastly unequal in large middle-income countries like Nigeria. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, routine immunization has plummeted, and world leaders are seeking ways to regain ground and trust, even while considering how to roll out a COVID-19 vac...
Feb
22
2021
10:00—11:00 AM ET
February 17, 2021
Please join us for this seminar as Edward Okeke presents new research on the impact of easing physician labor supply constraints on mortality in Nigeria. In this policy experiment, conducted in coordination with the Nigerian government, physicians were randomly assigned to primary health service are...
Blog Post
February 10, 2021
In October 2020, the Center for Global Development—in partnership with African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance—hosted a high-level roundtable on regional health product manufacturing in Africa. This blog...
BRIEFS
October 16, 2019
The arrival of a new leadership team in Brussels provides an opportunity for Europe to reinvigorate its role as a global development power and to build a true partnership with its continental neighbour, Africa. These tasks have never been more urgent. Read here for recommendations on global health p...
Blog Post
February 07, 2019
In December 2018, the Gavi Alliance hosted a mid-term review to assess progress towards its core purpose: “reach every child everywhere with vaccines against preventable diseases.” The good news is that there’s been advances on new vaccine introductions, and an estimated 65 million...
Dec
13
2018
12:00—1:30 PM
November 29, 2018
Innovations to improve the distribution of health products are emerging in several key markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, promising (among other things) to decrease the prices and price variability of medications, improve quality, increase availability and extend the geographic reach of products. Impact...