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Blog Post
January 10, 2024
This blog outlines key considerations regarding how the AEF raises and spends funds, underscoring the significance of a robust design and effective implementation at a time when the AEF’s proposed governance and operational mechanisms are being deliberated on and presented to the AU policy organs fo...
Blog Post
December 14, 2022
It’s clear that COVID-19 oral antivirals are effective, and recent deals have made them even cheaper for African countries. But should these countries be investing in these medicines? Or would spending on alternative health services be better value for money? Unfortunately, there is very little avai...
Blog Post
November 10, 2022
Laboratories are a fundamental component of health systems, critical in routine and emergency contexts for both disease surveillance and health services for communicable and non-communicable diseases. Investing in laboratories helps countries to create integrated and resilient health systems, achiev...
Blog Post
April 28, 2022
In the past two years, we have all learned that the end of a COVID-19 wave is the end of a chapter, not the end of the story. Ongoing COVID transmission means the risk of new variants of pandemic potential is ever present and vaccination remains our best defence. The primary near-term challenges for...
Apr
27
2022
10:00—11:00 AM ET
April 13, 2022
Join authors from ODI and the Center for Global Development (CGD) for a panel discussion of the newly launched report, Migration and the future of care: supporting older people and care workers, featuring Ana Llena-Nozal, Maria Jikjela, Robert Espinoza, and Ito Peng. The panel will analyze the inter...
February 02, 2022
For the past 20 years, the Center for Global Development has distinguished itself by turning innovative ideas backed by rigorous research into action. As the world has changed over the past two decades, the Center for Global Development has been there with cutting-edge solutions. Whether it was help...
Sep
14
2021
11:00—12:30 PM Washington DC time
August 31, 2021
The Center for Global Development (CGD) and Women in Global Health (WGH) are pleased to co-host this event, following the second session of the Generation Equality Forum, organized by UN Women in collaboration with France as country host. The Forum process, which ran over the past two year...
Press Release
April 07, 2021
“What was anecdotal is now increasingly backed up by rigorous data and evidence: women have been disproportionately hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic - whether it’s the operation of their businesses, their earnings, or their own safety and security,” said Megan O’Donnell, who leads the Center for Global...
WORKING PAPERS
April 07, 2021
The paper examines some ways national governments have sought to maintain provision of essential health services and reviews the extent to which donor institutions have prioritized financial, technical, and other forms of support to mitigate disruptions. It concludes by highlighting existing gaps, o...
WORKING PAPERS
April 07, 2021
This paper presents a conceptual framework on the effects of health crises on women and girls with an eye toward understanding the growing evidence base for the COVID-19 pandemic. When health crises like COVID-19 emerge, the simultaneous shocks to economic, social, and health systems can have differ...