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October 06, 2025
The paper reviews lessons from 17 global health panels to inform the design of the forthcoming Independent Panel for Evidence for Action against Antimicrobial Resistance (IPEA). It finds that IPEA’s effectiveness will depend less on structural design and more on strategic positioning—balancing indep...
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October 06, 2025
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the most pressing global health challenges, yet translating scientific evidence into effective policy has proven slow, uneven, and fragmented across contexts. To inform the design of a proposed Independent Panel for Evidence for Action (IPEA) against ...
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October 06, 2025
For the new Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR to be effective, it will need to combine strong mandates, independence, transparent and inclusive membership, and robust evidence frameworks, while balancing agility, accountability, and inclusiveness. Lessons from international expert...
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October 01, 2025
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has become a reference point for the design of international scientific advisory bodies. This paper examines what lessons from its experience may inform the creation of a new global panel on antimicrobial resistance. Drawing on interviews, roundtable dis...
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September 25, 2025
This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0–3 in Rio de Janeiro, where a lottery for limited slots at the end of 2007 increased time in daycare and yielded higher household incomes in the early years, sustained gains in child nutrition, and shorter-term gains in c...
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September 15, 2025
Noncommunicable diseases—driven by tobacco use, harmful alcohol consumption, and high-sugar diets—account for over 70 percent of global deaths and impose annual economic losses exceeding US $514 billion. Excise taxes on these health-harming products offer a dual benefit of reducing consumption and r...
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September 10, 2025
The absence of a coordinated global financing mechanism during COVID-19 deepened inequities and economic losses. A pre-approved “Day Zero Financing” liquidity line backed by multilateral banks and donors could provide a cost-effective mechanism to ensure faster, fairer access to vaccines, tests, and...
