about 5 years ago // Produced in partnership: Duty of Care
Leading global health organizations and researchers spoke to Devex about how to create financial incentive packages that achieve a "triple win” for health workers, health systems, and populations in low-resource countries.
over 7 years ago // Focus on: Future of Health Partnerships
Public-private partnerships aim to bridge the gap between an uncertain market demand and the collective need to prepare for deadly diseases. Devex asked several leaders in global health how the response to the latest Ebola outbreak can inform preparedness against other lethal infectious diseases.
over 7 years ago // Focus on: Future of Health Partnerships
Dwindling donor funds has Ghana turning to public-private partnerships to help fight malaria. Devex sits down with Keziah Malm, manager of the country's National Malaria Control Programme, to find out how they are engaging corporate Ghana in malaria control.
over 7 years ago // Focus On: Future of Health Partnerships
Indoor residual spraying is a vital strategy in the fight against malaria — but until recently, a lack of new insecticides alongside market barriers meant it was on the decline. Then came a breakthrough.
over 7 years ago // Focus on: Future of Health Partnerships
Sanne Fournier-Wendes, senior adviser to Unitaid’s executive director, explains to Devex how the organization is engaging with the private sector to push forward an integrated approach to global health.
over 7 years ago // Conservation
Traditional conservation strategies have sometimes seen local communities driven from their land in an attempt to protect it — but there should be no conflict between conservation efforts and indigenous rights, says U.N. special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.
over 7 years ago // Conservation
Preserving tropical forests is critical to climate change mitigation efforts, but 39 million acres were lost last year. Devex rounds up some of the key takeaways from this year's Oslo Tropical Forest Forum on how to halt the loss.
over 7 years ago // Data Guardians
When running a mobile health project in a low-resource setting, how do you make sure the data you are collecting from patients is both easily accessible and secure? The partners behind a major mHealth platform in Mozambique walk Devex through their process.
almost 8 years ago // Disease eradication
South Sudan, once the most Guinea worm endemic territory in the world, has stopped transmission of the disease, it was announced last week. Devex spoke to Adam Weiss, associate director of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program at The Carter Center, to find out how the milestone was achieved despite an unstable and low-resource environment — and what's next for the international eradication effort as it enters its final stretch.
almost 8 years ago // World Tuberculosis Day
Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Saturday, Devex speaks to Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, as she gears up for what could be a breakthrough year on one of the world's deadliest diseases.