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Focus on: Gender data

Opinion: COVID-19 recovery provides a unique opportunity to close the gender gap

By Megan O’Donnell

In light of widening gender inequalities, policymakers across the globe need to ensure an inclusive recovery — one that makes gender equality core to building back better. Here's what needs to happen.

Biden's aid agenda, COVID-19 response failures, and South Sudan's secret famine: This week in development

Biden turns the page on Trump-era development policies, an independent panel finds numerous failures in the global COVID-19 response, and experts spar with officials over famine in South Sudan.

Africa CDC outlines ultracold storage strategy for COVID-19 vaccines

The director of the Africa CDC said that all African nations can and should distribute vaccines that need ultracold storage temperatures in urban centers through the strategic purchase of a handful of ultracold freezers.

EIB boss: Vaccine access could mean difference between 'war and peace'

Werner Hoyer's warning came a day after the European Commission announced a possible new mechanism to share access to 2.3 billion vaccine doses it has secured.

Where is the political will to tackle the next health crisis?

As countries debate over what needs to change post-pandemic, Germany says there’s no scarcity in proposals on what needs to be done. The challenge is whether WHO member states are ready to make the needed changes.

Centering the HIV response on adolescent girls key to meeting targets in Africa

Health experts in Africa believe that centering both the HIV and COVID-19 responses on adolescent girls and young women will be the key to achieving HIV prevention targets.

What Antony Blinken's nomination hearing says about US foreign aid

President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State Antony Blinken had his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Here's a rundown of what he said on key development issues.

Opinion: Without urgent action, billions will miss out on a COVID-19 vaccine this year

Mesfin Teklu Tessema, senior director of health at the International Rescue Committee, urges the incoming Biden administration to commit $20 billion in aid to fight COVID-19 globally.

Tedros calls out 'me-first' approach to COVID-19 vaccines: 'This is wrong'

The WHO director-general said rich countries are bypassing the COVAX facility with bilateral vaccine deals that undermine equitable access.

Calls for a 'new social contract' continue. But what does that mean?

A half-day forum co-hosted by ODI and Irish Aid placed the spotlight on rising inequality during the pandemic — and the long-term, structural changes that reversing this trend might require.

Global COVID-19 deaths set to reach 2 million, with rising concerns in Africa

As COVID-19 cases are set to reach 2 million deaths globally, challenges in vaccine access for low- and middle-income countries, a growing rate of daily deaths in Africa, and vaccine hesitancy remain.

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Opinion: COVID-19 lesson — local data skills matter

Opinion: Closing the global broadband gap — an essential component of the COVID-19 recovery

Funding news

A year of COVID funding: Priorities and what lies next

Gates Foundation COVID-19 commitment reaches $1.75B with latest pledge

UK's use of aid for COVID-19 tools could breach international rules, politicians say

The World Bank approves $12B for vaccine finance. Will other financial institutions follow?

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