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June 03, 2024
There are few health conditions that impact as many people as visual impairment. Some 1.1 billion people, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), live with uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and other eye diseases. A recent study commissioned by the Seva Foundation is th...
Blog Post
May 31, 2024
Well, that was an eventful week. We’re one week into the UK General Election campaign, which has so far been conducted with all the dignity of a Rooney family wedding. We’ve had internecine fighting, a spate of retirements, MPs mocking their own policy platforms and what can only be described as a s...
Blog Post
May 31, 2024
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is up for renewal this year. AGOA is a cornerstone of US-Africa economic relations, and has enjoyed bipartisan support for nearly a quarter century. But it's showing its age. A lot has changed since Bill Clinton signed the bill back in 2000—not least, th...
Blog Post
May 31, 2024
The latest round of UNFCCC climate negotiations begins next week in Bonn. Climate finance—and in particular who should pay—remains a hotly contested topic as negotiators strive to make progress on the New Collective Quantified Goal (to replace the current $100 billion target) by COP29 in November 20...
Blog Post
May 28, 2024
Over the last 10 years, the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) has supported countries across Africa and Asia to develop national priority-setting processes. This month, in partnership with 15 iDSI authors, we have published a review of the successes, challenges, and lessons learned du...
Blog Post
May 24, 2024
This has been a week of extremes for me: I spent the first part of the week basking in sunshine in Barcelona for a (very good) conference, meeting people from around the world working on interesting problems, eating incredibly good food and enjoying one of the more walkable cities I’ve visited. And ...
Blog Post
May 23, 2024
Dr. Stephanie Psaki, US Global Health Security Coordinator, joins host Javier Guzman to discuss the changes made across the US government since the pandemic, her priorities as Coordinator, and US ambitions for the pandemic agreement negotiations in the run-up to the World Health Assembly later this ...