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Oct
4
2021
9:30—10:30 AM Washington DC time
September 30, 2021
Airfinity is producing the most-referenced, real-time estimates of COVID-19 vaccine production, purchasing, stockpiling, expiry and delivery. As ministers of finance join the World Bank-IMF meetings this week, we discuss Airfinity’s latest estimates showing a rapid upwards trend in production as wel...
Oct
4
2021
11:30—1:00 PM Washington DC Time
September 24, 2021
New research indicates there is a 47-57 percent chance of another global pandemic as deadly as COVID-19 occurring in the next 25 years. There is a clear need to more effectively prepare for future outbreaks, but what's the true return on investment?
Sep
23
2021
8:00—9:00 AM Washington DC time
September 16, 2021
Afghanistan is now suffering from the compounded impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a deteriorating humanitarian situation, putting lives and livelihoods at risk. The health care system in Afghanistan is already vulnerable and reliant on foreign aid, but with the World Bank and other organizations...
Sep
29
2021
9:30—10:45 AM Washington DC time
August 16, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage and public funding is increasingly scarce, the need for high-quality, timely evidence on the effectiveness of public programs has never been clearer. Given that impact evaluations are uniquely suited to estimating the net impact of programs, they play a dis...
Sep
1
2021
11:00—11:00 AM CET
August 03, 2021
Vaccination campaigns in Europe and the United States are advancing at breakneck speed. But the vast majority of humanity remains without access to vaccines. Nobody will be safe until everyone is safe. How do we address vaccine inequity and ensure that most of the world’s population is vaccinated by...
Jul
20
2021
11:00—12:30 PM Washington DC Time
July 16, 2021
Amid a pandemic, it is difficult to consider preparing for the next one, especially when there is no certainty about its timing. COVID-19 is broadly viewed as being a “once in a lifetime” or “once in a century” pandemic; unfortunately, that is not accurate. But what is the actual return time to a fu...
Jul
14
2021
9:30—10:30 AM Washington DC time
July 07, 2021
The G20-requested High Level Independent Panel (HLIP), Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, is out with its recommendations: A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age.
The HLIP finds that the world remains very poorly equipped to prevent or contain future epidemics o...
Jun
15
2021
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:30 PM Washington DC time
June 07, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed just how unprepared the world was for pandemic threats. But what level of investment is necessary to ensure adequate preparedness in the future? Join Pandemic Action Network and the Center for Global Development for a co-convening with experts to discuss the latest cos...