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Blog Post
October 23, 2023
In times of mounting debt, the quest for universal health coverage (UHC) faces critical challenges. Rising debt has far-reaching effects, including reduced access to financing, political instability, and decreased spending on international aid. The burden of debt, coupled with high inflation, is thr...
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12:00—12:00 AM Multiple times and dates (July 8th-July 12th)
June 14, 2023
The IHEA congress is the only global forum for health economists to engage around the latest methodological developments, present recent research findings, and explore the implications of this research for health policy and practice.
Blog Post
May 08, 2023
Countries moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) face challenging decisions about what benefits they will include and cover—especially in the current fiscal and economic climate. Countries need easy-to-use and comprehensive tools to help them think through the path to expand (or contract) be...
POLICY PAPERS
May 08, 2023
Countries moving towards universal health coverage are challenged about what new health benefits and interventions they will add to their national health programs. We propose a new framework organized in three layers that outlines the features or characteristics to consider when designing and buildi...
Blog Post
April 11, 2023
In this blog, we make the case that WHO should shift away from disease siloes and reorganize to streamline the cross-cutting functions that it delivers to member countries. The WHO has an opportunity to streamline its functions along the continuum of science practice—from registering clinical trials...
Blog Post
March 02, 2023
To kick off Season 2 of Lagos to Mombasa, Gyude reflects on the intricacies of climate change and development in Africa and explores how space-based technologies can help. Temidayo Oniosun of Space in Africa and Rose Croshier from CGD join Gyude to discuss the intersections of space technology with ...
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...
Blog Post
October 21, 2021
Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman of ID4Africa, and Alan Gelb, CGD Senior Fellow, join Gyude to discuss the evolution of ID systems across Africa, the benefits and risks of digital ID systems, and what African governments can learn from countries like India about what works and what doesn’t.
Blog Post
August 12, 2019
Ethiopia has its sights set on becoming Africa’s next tech hub, rivalling Nairobi, Lagos, and Cape Town. But in its quest for digital supremacy, Ethiopia will need to take steps to create an enabling environment for the digital startup sector, which across Africa is driven in large part b...