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Blog Post
May 12, 2014
In low- and middle-income countries, a hospital is often the first stop for citizens that experience illness, or the last stop when their health needs aren’t met by primary care. And as countries grow economically, the demand for quality health services at all levels will grow.
Blog Post
May 06, 2014
This past weekend, Secretary Kerry delivered what was billed as a major address on US-Africa policy and a scene setter for President Obama’s Africa Summit in August. Kerry traveled throughout the region over the last week, making stops in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, an...
Blog Post
May 05, 2014
Donors give arbitrary income lines a lot of power in determining funding allocation. This issue is particularly true in the health sector, where organizations like the GAVI Alliance (GAVI) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) determine how much support ...
Blog Post
May 02, 2014
Earlier this year, Uganda’s President signed into law an Anti-Homosexuality Act that strengthens penalties against gay people and defines some homosexual acts as crimes punishable by life in prison. If enforced to its full extent, the law is expected to endanger public he...
Blog Post
April 30, 2014
This is the first blog in a series of two. Read the second here. This is a joint post with Miriam Temin. Miriam is coordinating editor for the new edition of Millions Saved.
After a comprehensive literature review, expert consultations, public calls for proposals, and advisory group meetings, ...
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April 24, 2014
This year, a common theme of those discussions was financing for infrastructure investment in developing countries. I’m disappointed, but not surprised, that these conversations tend to focus exclusively on the need for new bricks-and-mortar infrastructure to meet needs for ene...
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April 22, 2014
UNAIDS recently convened a diverse group of experts to discuss how UNAIDS should go about estimating the post-2015 cost of the HIV/AIDS response. Participants opinions varied on most topics: whether estimates should assess the cost of treating all HIV infected people as soon as they are infect...