Global Health

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Supporting COVID-19 Recovery and Improving Health Outcomes: The Case for Health Taxes
Chris Lane
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Eleni Smitham
March 01, 2021
This blog and the accompanying CGD Policy Brief are a follow-up to the 2019 “Health Taxes Save Lives” report by the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg and Lawrence Summers.

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Protecting and Transforming Social Spending through the Covid-19 Crisis
Amanda Glassman
February 23, 2021
This seminar invites the public, development agencies, IFIs and national governments to reflect on the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis to social spending, to discuss solutions to protect social spending and extend sustainable and inclusive financing during the r...
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Who Gets a COVID-19 Vaccine and Who Pays? The Need for Economic Analysis
Tom Drake et al.
February 23, 2021
In 2020, epidemiological modelling went from relative obscurity to being central in helping governments, and the public, understand COVID-19 as it spread around the world. In 2021, with the emergence of effective COVID-19 vaccines, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) will be critical to making the be...
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Expanding Health Product Manufacturing in Africa: Ideas for Development Finance Institutions, Procurers, and Policymakers
Julia Kaufman et al.
February 10, 2021
In October 2020, the Center for Global Development—in partnership with African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance—hosted a high-level roundtable on regional health product manufacturing in Africa. This blog...
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Release COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts
Charles Kenny
February 10, 2021
Drugs created with billions in government support, bought almost exclusively by governments and international agencies are shrouded in secrecy: who is paying how much for delivery of what by when is a matter of guesswork and estimate.
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How Will COVID-19 Impact Our Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage?
Y-Ling Chi et al.
February 10, 2021
Prior to the pandemic, many low-and middle-income countries were on track to expand Universal Health Coverage. To what extent can LMICs still make real progress as their economies enter some of the most severe recessions in centuries?
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We Can Stop Preventable COVID Deaths by Urgently Prioritising Medical Oxygen and Essential Critical Care
Joseph Kazibwe et al.
February 09, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is a critical illness crisis, with more than two million deaths worldwide and hospitals overburdened with 67 percent of COVID-19 admissions requiring oxygen. With the emergence of new variants and the rise of second or third epidemic waves, there is unprecedented demand for oxy...