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BRIEFS
June 20, 2023
The Pandemic Fund should strategically invest in pandemic preparedness, including for its first call for proposals for surveillance, laboratories, and human resources. This strategic approach should consider both ex ante and ex post considerations of investments for pandemic preparedness.
POLICY PAPERS
June 20, 2023
This policy paper examines the state of knowledge on investing in the “best buys” of surveillance for pandemic preparedness. We conduct a rapid literature review to assess the state of knowledge on the costs and benefits of investing in four selected types of surveillance for respiratory infections,...
CASE STUDIES
June 01, 2023
For the last three decades, Zambia has implemented a series of policies to gradually work towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This case study delves into the process followed by the government of Zambia in developing those policies, with the aim of supporting other countries embarking on the jo...
Blog Post
May 02, 2023
The investment case for bolstering global systems for pandemic preparedness and response is clear. Yet, COVID-19 exposed gaping holes in our collective ability to respond to pandemic threats. And even after more than 6.9 million deaths from COVID-19 and trillions in economic losses, financing and po...
Blog Post
April 28, 2023
At CGD, we have been closely watching the development of the new Pandemic Fund which aims to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) capabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Pandemic Fund recently published a Results Framework to guide project-level moni...
CGD NOTES
February 28, 2023
The policy discussions about PPR are noteworthy. But the global public sector is underinvesting in pandemic response. This creates the illusion of safety without the finance or planning in place to provide it. We cannot delay planning for response financing when the next pandemic hits, by which time...
Blog Post
February 21, 2023
Ever since the Pandemic Fund was announced last year, there has been heated debate about through which international organization the funds for pandemic preparedness should be disbursed. Many have argued for channeling funds through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
Blog Post
February 06, 2023
At the Center for Global Development, we have been avidly nurturing the creation of the fund, stretching back to the G20 High Level Independent Panel report which proposed its creation as a Financial Intermediary Fund within the World Bank. We have offered a roadmap for how to operationalize the fun...
Blog Post
February 03, 2023
On November 13th, 2022, the creation of a new Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank, was announced. Its mandate is ambitious: to successfully prevent, prepare and respond to emerging pathogens. This will require true collective action, and implementation of decisive and ambitious policies in as ma...