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The Guardian: Africa steps up fight against HIV with trial of new combination vaccines “The first trial in Africa to test two new vaccines to protect against HIV got under way in Uganda this week, raising hopes of an end to the epidemic that affects millions of people across the…

NIH Fogarty International Center: Fogarty International Center’s Global Health Matters The most recent issue of the Fogarty International Center’s newsletter contains various articles addressing global health topics, including one about women advocating for leadership roles in global health during the 2020 Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, and another on…

KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of December 18, 2020 This tracker is updated daily with data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 (12/18). KFF will continue to provide COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the…

The Hill: Global Gag Rule is just the tip of the iceberg: Why Repealing the Helms Amendment matters Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) (12/17). Ms. Magazine: The Helms Amendment: 47 Years of Denying U.S. Support for International Reproductive Health and Rights…

Gates Foundation: Looking back at COVID-19 in 2020: A Q&A with Hari Menon “M. Hari Menon, head of the foundation’s India office, wrote on India’s initial COVID-19 response in May 2020. We caught up with him to discuss his thoughts on the pandemic at the end of the year and…

The Conversation: The top scientific breakthrough for 2020 was understanding SARS-CoV-2 and how it causes COVID-19 — and then developing multiple vaccines David Pride, associate director of microbiology at the University of California San Diego (12/17). The Guardian: Covid is a chance to build a world where everyone has access…

Brookings Institution’s “Up Front”: How international development donors can collaborate in Southeast Asia George Ingram, senior fellow for global economy and development at the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings, discusses the advantages and opportunities for, and forms of, international development donor collaboration in Southeast Asia (12/17).

Center for Global Development: DFC’s December Board Meeting: A Fitting Bookend for the Agency’s First Year Clemence Landers, policy fellow, and Jocilyn Estes, program coordinator and policy outreach assistant, both at CGD, discuss the Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) efforts and portfolio in 2020, writing, “DFC’s inaugural year leaves us with…

Center for Global Development: Questions on the COVID-19 Vaccine? We’ve Got Answers Anthony McDonnell, senior policy analyst at CGD, and Robert Van Exan, president at Immunization Policy and Knowledge Translation, answer nine questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccine pipeline, including questions on vaccine supply and prioritization, clinical trials, and efficacy (12/17).

ONE Campaign: 4 things leaders must do to end the pandemic This blog post outlines four steps governments, companies, and philanthropists involved in the development of a medication or vaccine for COVID-19 must take in order to achieve an equitable path toward ending the pandemic (12/17).