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STAT: Make science bipartisan again Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate majority leader (D-S.D.), founder and CEO of The Daschle Group, and cofounder of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Bill Frist, physician, former Senate majority leader (R-Tenn.), senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and a co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s…

Mail & Guardian: Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule Nelly Munyasia, executive director at Reproductive Health Network Kenya and member of She Decides Kenya, and Womba Wanki, executive director of Generation Alive and member of She Decides Zambia “…Research has found that…

Bloomberg: Women Take the Lead in Vaccine Development Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, professor of economics at George Mason University, and writer for the Marginal Revolution blog (12/3). CNN: How Elvis Presley can help us with a Covid vaccine David M. Perry, journalist, historian, and senior academic adviser in the…

Center for Global Development: The White House and the World: Practical Proposals for Resetting U.S. Engagement in Developing Countries Scott Morris, director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative, co-director of Sustainable Development Finance, and senior fellow at CGD, and Erin Collinson, director of policy outreach at CGD, outline recommendations for…

WHO: Investing in midwife-led interventions could save 4.3 million lives per year, new study finds “About two-thirds of maternal deaths, newborn deaths, and stillbirths could be prevented by 2035 if the current level of care by professional midwives educated and regulated to international standards was scaled up to provide universal…

NIH Fogarty International Center: Top global health research stories of 2020 from Fogarty and NIH “During an unprecedented year of challenges for the global health research community, as the COVID-19 pandemic circled the globe, Fogarty and its extensive network of international partners responded to the health crisis, and continued to…

KFF: U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker This newly updated tracker provides regularly updated information on U.S. government funding for global health. The interactive includes historical trends and tracks funding levels throughout the appropriations process. Data can be customized by fiscal year, sector, and U.S. agency (12/1).

KFF/Foreign Affairs: The Dangers of Vaccine Disillusionment Josh Michaud, associate director for global health policy, and Jen Kates, senior vice president and director of global health & HIV policy, both with KFF, lay out the challenges in vaccinating people in low-income countries around the world and review early plans to…

Devex: Climate finance reform needed to prevent ‘suicidal’ chaos, Guterres says “United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an overhaul of the climate finance system Wednesday, warning that all financial flows must align with the Paris climate agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals in a ‘race against time to adapt…