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Oct
26
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Easter Time (US & Canada)/ 1:00 - 2:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/ 2:00 - 3:00pm British Summer Time (BST)
October 13, 2022
In September 2016, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that underscored the severity of the risk and called for stronger infection control and surveillance, including through improved water, sanitation, and hygiene; enhanced stewardship measures; more invest...
Blog Post
September 26, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance is a major global problem. Today, drug resistant infections kill an estimated 1.27 million people per year, and low- and middle-income countries bear the brunt of AMR-related deaths and illness. Changing how we buy antimicrobials can help solve the problem.
Blog Post
September 01, 2022
Later this month world, leaders will gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss how to fix education. Even without big money or binding treaties, delegates can advance important reforms with clear, concrete ideas for action. Here are five big questions we think they need to ans...
Blog Post
August 26, 2022
It’s precisely four years since Sierra Leone kicked off one of the most ambitious schooling expansions on record. Today, fee-free and ‘Radical Inclusion’ policies support marginalized groups, including pregnant girls and the poorest children, to participate in school. But could high stakes exams be ...
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June 28, 2022
CGD has set up a working group to examine different ways to purchase antimicrobials in LMICs in order to identify actionable policies to improve access and stewardship for key products and increase funding for research into new ones. We are launching today the Working Group’s first working paper.
Jun
30
2022
9:00—10:00 AM Eastern Time, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM British Summer Time
June 17, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest global public health threats facing humanity. Over 1 and a quarter million people die every year from a drug-resistant infection as a direct result of antimicrobial resistance. That’s more deaths than are caused by HIV/AIDS or malaria. This burden...