Infectious Diseases

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Pandemic Proof: Evaluating the Monkeypox Response

August 25, 2022
On this episode of Pandemic Proof from CGD, Dr. Boghuma Titanji, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, joins Javier Guzman to reflect on the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and response. Together they discuss the parallels between monkeypox and previous infectious di...
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Still Neglected and Still Not Gone: The Implications of COVID-19 for the WHO Policy of Elimination of Congenital Syphilis

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Godfrey Walker
March 15, 2021
In many low- and middle-income countries, the COVID-19 pandemic is limiting access to antenatal care and posing considerable challenges to global efforts to eliminate congenital syphilis. A review of the present WHO strategy to eliminate congenital syphilis is urgently neede...
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COVID-19 is a Gendered Crisis. Here’s What Policymakers Can Do About It.

January 25, 2021
The Center for Global Development is building on our initial efforts by launching the COVID-19 Gender and Development Initiative. This new initiative will aim to promote gender equality and long-term prosperity in low- and middle-income countries by informing global and national decisionmakers' poli...
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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries

December 10, 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond?