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September 24, 2018
In a meeting in Salalah, Oman earlier this month, representatives (including ministers of health) of 22 countries in the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region reaffirmed their commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) by signing the UHC 2030 Global Compact, mak...
Blog Post
September 24, 2018
Last week’s report from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)—an independent body commissioned by the Home Office—included some good suggestions for the UK government, such as removing the cap on high-skilled immigration. However, the committee also made the rather extre...
Blog Post
September 21, 2018
Health outcomes in Venezuela are approaching emergency-like levels as services, medicines, and food become increasingly inaccessible. Venezuela’s under-5 mortality rate in 2016 already rivaled Syria’s, a Grade 3 emergency according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since th...
Blog Post
September 20, 2018
Education policymakers care about more than just test scores. They probably care a lot about making policies that will help them get re-elected. They might care about particular people or places that have been historically disadvantaged. And perhaps they care about building a more integrated society...