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Africa CDC's African Pooled Procurement Mechanism is not just about African countries purchasing pharmaceutical products as a bloc to leverage their buying power; it’s also about doing so intentionally in order to shape markets for African manufacturers: devex.com/news/where-does-af…
Marco Rubio and Jeremy Lewin have been among the most visible figures behind the America First global health strategy’s rollout, but there’s a much wider cast of officials that have been working behind the scenes to turn the strategy into reality:
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The global health sector can innovate, collaborate, and come up with all the clever solutions it can. But that will continue to fall drastically short when wars continue to rob millions of people of any chance of living healthy lives. devex.com/news/devex-checkup…
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In this special episode of the podcast, Devex Associate Editor Thomas Cserép sits down with global health reporters Sara Jerving and Andrew Green to discuss our key takeaways from the World Health Summit. devex.com/news/live-from-ber…
This week I was at the World Health Summit in Berlin. In this week's edition of our @devex podcast my colleagues Thomas Cserep, @_andrew_green and I break down some of our key takeaways: youtube.com/watch?v=4BkvWuRC…
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With so many global health priorities, what is taking center stage at the @WorldHealthSmt?
Devex’s Thomas Cserep and @sarajerving discuss the major themes at this year’s conference.
Dr. Kaseya said Africa CDC has been informed that some people who flew with the man who had Ebola en route from Uganda to Kenya may have actually left Kenya and went back to their home countries. devex.com/news/kenya-ebola-c…
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The Global Health Center at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lost 27% of its workforce under the Trump administration, according to a new database published by AFGE Local 2883. devex.com/news/us-cdc-hemorr…
The global community isn’t ending crises like it used to — meaning the humanitarian system needs to adapt, experts said. That includes juggling response and resilience, ensuring long-term funding, quick local investments, and letting go of the camp model. devex.com/news/the-world-doe…
After 6 months of deliberations, an independent panel of experts convened by the Accra Reset’s presidential council has laid out 5 political shifts and 10 recommendations aimed at reshaping the global health architecture: devex.com/news/one-year-afte…
Coefficient Giving has launched a three-year, $165 million fund to help countries navigate the reduction in foreign health aid. It will do this primarily through grants for technical support to governments and other organizations: devex.com/news/coefficient-g…
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When reinstating Gavi funding, the U.S. said the organization committed to mercury-free vaccines, though Gavi was already transitioning to newer vaccines for their public health benefits — not because older ones contain mercury. devex.com/news/gavi-s-vaccin…
When reinstating Gavi funding, the U.S. said the organization committed to mercury-free vaccines, though Gavi was already transitioning to newer vaccines for their public health benefits — not because older ones contain mercury. devex.com/news/gavi-s-vaccin…
Kenya offers a blueprint for civil society in the 'America First' era: devex.com/news/kenya-offers-…
Samaritan’s Purse is turning down $300 million in grant funding from the U.S. State Department because the organization has “always relied on God, not government, for funding,” according to its president, Franklin Graham. devex.com/news/exclusive-sam…
The open opportunities in the State Department's rolling competitive calls for a broad array of organizations to partner under the "America First" global health strategy: devex.com/news/over-1b-in-us…
In this episode of 'This Week in Global Development,' my colleagues @daveainsworth4, @AlterIgoe & I chat about the U.S. State Dept’s announcement to allocate nearly $2 billion to partnerships w/ faith-based & community orgs providing health & disaster aid: devex.com/news/inside-the-st…
In today’s edition of our Devex health newsletter I cover the Gavi financing news and dispatches from the world’s largest gathering of people working on HIV this week in Rio: devex.com/news/devex-checkup…
