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

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

Governance
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.

Back From the Brink

by Emily Bass, Asia Russell

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

a health-care worker in blue scrubs and PPE stands in front of a train car
Governance

Fix It or Forget It

by Emily Bass, Asia Russell

It's not too late to reduce the threat of failure of the World Bank's new pandemic preparedness fund 

People write notes at the end point of a silent walk organized by Lebanese non-profit organization Embrace, marking World Suicide Prevention Day
Gender

Unnoticed, Misunderstood, and Unaddressed

by Siddhesh Zadey, Sweta Dubey, Pradeeksha Mukuntharaj, Ashmeet Sachdev, Anushka Jindal

Why gender equity in global mental health matters

Placard reads "We want vaccines, there is nothing more to talk about"
Governance

Wanted: One Billion Booster Shots

by Samantha Kiernan, Bayan Galal, Thomas J. Bollyky

What the COVID-19 booster shot debate means for global vaccine access

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on April 10, 2020, in Bosnia. The photo shows a woman holding a small vial to her face. She is wearing a mask and gloves and the vial reads, COVID-19. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Trade

A New Way to Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Development

by Adrian Towse, Kalipso Chalkidou, Rachel Silverman

How a "benefit-based advance market commitment" could build on existing Gavi COVAX and EU Joint Procurement initiatives

A combination picture shows Adetona Omokanye, a 29 year-old documentary photographer, taking pictures from the window of his home in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 24, 2020—along with a shot from inside. Photo is a split screen showing the photographer leaning out the window taking a picture and also a shot from inside looking out at what he was seeing. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Poverty

Poverty's Albatross—Nigeria in Mid-Century

by Olugbenga Salako

Solving Nigeria's poverty problem will be complex—there are no silver bullets—but it's key to reducing poverty in Africa

Cooking jackets are laid down and displayed as part of a COVID-19 protest by workers of the cafe and restaurant business demanding more help from the government in Brussels, Belgium, on May 7, 2020. The photo shows an array of shirts, mostly white but a few black ones, laid out over thousands of square feet of a lawn. It's a striking photo. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Poverty

A Call for Global Solidarity

by Amanda McClelland

If COVID-19 has taught anything, it's that we are one world—and a world where many places need money and technical help