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Leah Rosenzweig

@leahrosenzweig.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow @CGDev.org & Director of the Market Shaping Accelerator (www.marketshapingaccelerator.org). @MIT.edu PhD.

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 27/07/2026
The AI boom could generate $37B–$100B in annual philanthropy. How can it be spent effectively? In the first blog of a new CGD series, @rglenner.bsky.social and @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social examine large-scale implementers, intermediaries, and quick wins. www.cgdev.org/blog/we-can-...
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We Can Spend $50 Billion a Year Effectively
On a recent trip to the Bay Area, many people we met shared the same concern: how can we effectively spend the wave of new philanthropic funding which is about to hit? Which organizations can absorb t...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 12/08/2026
What if new philanthropy could pay for breakthroughs that don’t yet exist? In the final installment of CGD’s AI philanthropy series, @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social makes the case for using pay-for-success pull mechanisms to incentivize innovations markets won’t supply on their own. go.cgdev.org/4qgFR9S
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AI Philanthropy Should Buy the Breakthroughs Markets Won’t
In the first blog in this series, Rachel Glennerster and I suggested that new philanthropists could spend tens of billions of dollars on proven cost-effective interventions. This blog is about buying ...
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Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA) @uchi-msa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
At MSA, we're designing AMCs and prizes to pull innovation toward diseases that need it—and ensure it reaches patients. Check out our portfolio of pull mechanisms in @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social's recent blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/ai-phil...
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AI Philanthropy Should Buy the Breakthroughs Markets Won’t
In the first blog in this series, Rachel Glennerster and I suggested that new philanthropists could spend tens of billions of dollars on proven cost-effective interventions. This blog is about buying ...
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Leah Rosenzweig @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Can $50 billion a year in new philanthropy be spent well? We think so! @rglenner.bsky.social and I suggest institutions that could move money at that scale toward cost-effective programs.
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 26/05/2026
What if existing medicines could help treat neglected diseases — but no one had the incentive to prove it? 💊 Sarrin Chethik and @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social explore how a prize for repurposing FDA-approved drugs could help unlock affordable treatments for neglected diseases. go.cgdev.org/42hm3Ia
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A Prize for Repurposing Drugs for Neglected Diseases
More than one billion people are affected by poverty-related and neglected diseases. Yet funding for research and development remains far below need. One solution is to create the missing incentive. A...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 05/05/2026
Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of infant death in low- and middle-income countries—but diagnosis is often slow and imprecise. New analysis shows a rapid test could save lives and cut costs. go.cgdev.org/4275kHm
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Target Point-of-Care Triage Test for Neonatal Sepsis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The current diagnostic standard, blood culture, has long turnaround times and high infrastructure requireme...
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 27/02/2026
As the CDC revises its approach to childhood immunizations, parents and clinicians face greater responsibility in navigating decisions. @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social examines whether AI tools could help support these conversations: go.cgdev.org/4aZWrFb
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The US Just Changed Vaccine Guidance. Can AI Help Families Decide?
Vaccines are among the most impactful global health innovations. They drive major declines in child mortality and prevent an estimated 3.5 to 5 million deaths every year. The golden age of vaccine dev...
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Leah Rosenzweig @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Novel treatments could come from old drugs💊 if we create incentives to test them for new diseases. The latest @freakonomics.bsky.social featured our work on generic drug repurposing. Super proud of this team: Chris Snyder + Sarrin Chethik @uchi-msa.bsky.social! 🎧 freakonomics.com/podcast/are-...
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Leah Rosenzweig @leahrosenzweig.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Quoted in @npr.org on 2026 global health "buzzwords." For me, pragmatic solidarity = "aligning moral urgency with practical incentives" so life-saving ideas get built and delivered.
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Molly Offer-Westort @mollyow.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My co-author Leah R. Rosenzweig wrote a blog post about a social media experiment we ran on vaccine hesitancy in Kenya and Nigeria www.cgdev.org/blog/us-just...
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The US Just Changed Vaccine Guidance. Can AI Help Families Decide?
Vaccines are among the most impactful global health innovations. They drive major declines in child mortality and prevent an estimated 3.5 to 5 million deaths every year. The golden age of vaccine dev...
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