Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical and mental disability. The most practical treatment for this kind of exposure is oral chelation therapy—and we estimate there ar...

Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical and mental disability. The most practical treatment for this kind of exposure is oral chelation therapy—and we estimate there ar...

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

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...

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...

Goteborg, Sweden-Today, IPEN welcomed the notification from the Swiss government calling on the Rotterdam Convention to address the toxic trade in lead chromates, chemicals used as the main pigments u...

Centers for Disease Control staff cuts leave cities to fight lead poisoning that endangers children without federal help.

The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...

The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...

The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

Nature - Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of foreign-aid cuts.

One in three children globally suffer from lead poisoning, which harms their health and educational development. While there’s a lot we still don’t know about where exposure comes from, most experts w...

Multilateral concessional funds like Gavi or the World Bank’s IDA are the largest source of development finance for the world’s poorest countries. But with shrinking donor commitments, the system need...

CGD's first annual research conference on global lead exposure will bring together researchers, policymakers, and implementers working to stamp out global lead poisoning.

On Friday, the administration sent a memo on the future of USAID to the agency’s staff. It makes clear that the strategy continues to be “cut and reorganize first, ask permission later”—putting forwar...

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.

A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a differe...

The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.