Infectious Diseases

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Struggling with Scale: Ebola’s Lessons for the Next Pandemic (brief)
Jeremy Konyndyk
May 09, 2019
The next pandemic is a matter of when, not if. Preparing for this inevitability requires that policymakers understand not just the science of limiting disease transmission or engineering a drug, but also the practical challenges of expanding a response strategy to a regional or global level. Achievi...
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Gavi Going Forward: Immunization for Every Child Everywhere?
Amanda Glassman
and
Liesl Schnabel
February 07, 2019
In December 2018, the Gavi Alliance hosted a mid-term review to assess progress towards its core purpose: “reach every child everywhere with vaccines against preventable diseases.” The good news is that there’s been advances on new vaccine introductions, and an estimated 65 million...
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On World AIDS Day, a Moment for Celebration and Self-Reflection
Amanda Glassman
and
Rachel Bonnifield
December 03, 2018
On World AIDS Day, December 1, we honor the advocates that transformed HIV/AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic disease. These activists bequeathed a golden age of global health—a boom in money and programs that is sustained today, evidenced by the recent reauthorization of PEPFAR. But...
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Financing Outbreak Preparedness: Where Are We and What Next?
Amanda Glassman et al.
November 09, 2018
This week, global leaders gathered at the 5th Global Health Security Agenda Ministerial Meetings in Bali under the overarching theme of “advancing global partnerships” for greater health security. Alongside this event, the World Bank hosted a discussion on preparedness financing at th...