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Africa's Health Financing Gap

by Allison Krugman

Donor health funding is declining in sub-Saharan Africa, and domestic spending is not rising to cover the gaps

Environment
Volunteers of the Central University of Venezuela firefighter brigade battle a wildfire in Henri Pittier National Park.

Climate Change and Global Health: Moving From Rhetoric to Action

by Gregory Kuzmak, Estelle Willie

The World Health Assembly can help mainstream climate action into the global health agenda

A health worker wearing ebola protection gear, stands outside the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit at the ALIMA Ebola Treatment Center.
Poverty

Investments in Rapid Outbreak Responses: Spend Now, Save Later

by Amanda McClelland

New pandemic preparedness approaches from Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria balance speed and financing

Tomnjong, a father of two, assembles a dual AI insecticide-treated mosquito net in his home.
Trade

How Innovative Partnerships Accelerated Access to New Malaria Tools

by Erin Liepa, Kate Kolaczinski, Kelsey Barrett, Ellie Marsh, Janet Ginnard, Hui Yang, Scott Filler

Continued partnerships will be crucial in the long-standing fight against malaria

Doctor Sekou Kanneh speaks during an interview.
Governance

Rethinking Donor Partnerships in Africa

by Oyeronke Oyebanji

Improving health in Africa requires more effective and respectful collaboration with global partners

A general view shows the plenary hall during an international replenishment conference for the United Nations Green Climate Fund.
Environment

COP28 Sparks Urgency Amid Climate Funding Shortfall

by Kelechi Julian Uzor, Anderson Uchenna Amaechi, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Chukwudi Arnest Nnaji

Multilateral organizations should finance climate adaptation and mitigation efforts to combat climate change's harms

A flag is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Governance

2024 WHO Board Meeting: Flexible Finances and Global Crises Top Agenda

by Lori Sloate

The WHO executive board to discuss investment round proposal, “polycrises,” and pandemics

Pandemic prevention workers in protective suits walk in a street as COVID-19 outbreaks continue in Beijing, China, on December 4, 2022.
Governance

Rethinking Financial Estimates for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

by Minahil Shahid, Gavin Yamey

Current estimates do not share a standardized methodology for predicting the costs or scope of PPR

David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, and a stuffed grizzly bear at Teton National Park, where financial leaders gathered for the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, near Jackson, Wyoming, on August 26, 2022.
Governance

Back From the Brink

by Emily Bass, Asia Russell

A plan of action for the pandemic preparedness and response Financial Intermediary Fund

A blue, purple, and yellow skylight hovers above Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates his re-election during the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2022.
Governance

At Long Last, Member States Agree to Fix the World Health Organization's Financing Problem

by Alexandra Finch, Kevin A. Klock, Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin

Here's what needs to happen next