Gavi’s board and leadership must stretch scarce resources to fulfill a challenging double mandate: (1) stabilizing immunization outcomes and fiscal solvency in Gavi-eligible countries facing severe he...

In this brief—the first in the Tough Times, Tough Choices series that will target the major global health and development institutions and their funders—we propose a different approach: radically stre...

Over the last decade, iDSI has partnered with countries to develop evidence-informed priority-setting institutions and processes. Read our blog for a summary of key successes, challenges, and lessons ...

In the midst of a global health funding crisis, Gavi and the Global Fund are seeking substantial replenishments: $9 billion over five years and $18 billion over three years, respectively (Figure 1).…

In the midst of a global health funding crisis, Gavi and the Global Fund are seeking substantial replenishments: $9 billion over five years and $18 billion over three years, respectively (Figure 1). B...

In the midst of a global health funding crisis, Gavi and the Global Fund are seeking substantial replenishments: $9 billion over five years and $18 billion over three years, respectively (Figure 1). B...

High cigarette taxes are associated with a large decrease in absolute inequality in child mortality in LMICs. These findings support raising cigarette taxes to the WHO-recommended 75% or more of the r...

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Reducing access to vital treatments against drug-resistant TB will likely pose huge risks for everyone, including Americans. The 90-day freeze on most aid while this assessment is carried out causes r...

In this blog, we conceptualise this as a health system shock, present a back-of-the-envelope assessment of LMICs that are most exposed, and discuss possibilities for short-term policy responses from o...

As part of a wave of public reviews and consultations, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a call for inputs on reforming how it thinks about the value for money…

While it is still unclear how long the current freeze on US foreign aid will last, and when and where it might resume, it seems the US, under the second Trump administration, may be ready to abandon i...

The Trump administration’s stop-work order highlights precisely why we need a new model for health aid—one in which domestic financing supports the highest priority, core health services. On 20 Januar...

Making the case for how to conduct a good-faith, smart aid review in service of the administration’s goals and the American people.

The US role in global health appears increasingly uncertain as President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House. While his previous term provides clues about future directions, evolving dynamic...

The US role in global health appears increasingly uncertain as President-elect Trump prepares to enter the White House. While his previous term provides clues about future directions, evolving dynamic...

Just over a year ago, the Future of Global Health Initiatives process concluded with the publication of the Lusaka Agenda, which recognized that the current global health financing architecture needs ...

Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Governance at the WHO, joins guest-host Pete Baker to discuss the outcomes of the WHO Investment Round and the opportunities and...

In a world of limited resources and rising health care demand, decision-makers are permanently urged to make explicit, evidence-based decisions about which services or health technologies to fund, for...

Financial support for health in low- and middle-income countries has come under renewed criticism in recent years by policymakers and experts, critiquing that it often fragments health systems, underm...

One of the things that makes development assistance less effective than it might be is fragmentation: many donors providing small amount of assistance to a country, each mission head demanding their p...

In recent decades, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have turned to health technology assessment (HTA) to prioritize health care interventions in pursuit of universal health coverage. HTA has d...

The global health landscape is more fragmented than ever. A growing number of organizations and initiatives has created an overly complex system for health financing that is overburdening countries. F...

Global health is fundamentally undermined by power imbalances. Those who have the least access to health care, generally, have the least power to influence global health. This blog looks at one imbala...

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Global health is fundamentally undermined by power imbalances. Those who have the least access to health care, generally, have the least power to influence global health. This blog looks at one imbala...