6 days ago // Devex CheckUp
U.S. lawmakers allocate $9.4 billion for global health in 2026. Plus, U.S. CDC staff are worried about the agency's future, and the WHO chief has a new year's wish for the agency.
7 days ago // The Future of Global Health
During this Devex Pro Briefing, Gavi CEO Sania Nishtar said the organization's reform was designed in the context of the needed changes in the global health architecture.
13 days ago // The Future of Global Health
The next leaders of these institutions will be operating in a very different landscape than their predecessors, navigating smaller budgets due to foreign aid cuts and growing calls for fundamental change in how global health operates.
about 1 month ago // Global health
The working group will issue an interim report in June 2026, with final recommendations due by late October — a compromise between calls for a June decision and concerns about moving too quickly.
about 1 month ago // Global health
The U.S. sought to stop the adoption of the declaration via a procedural vote, but the appeal failed to secure the majority vote required, with only three countries — Argentina, Israel and U.S. — supporting it.
about 1 month ago // Devex CheckUp
A Trump insider has been picked to lead Malaria No More starting in January. Plus, Gates Foundation sounds the alarm about the link between health funding cuts and child deaths, and Fiji sees massive rise in HIV cases.
about 1 month ago // Global Health
The pledges include both new and previously announced funding, and are expected to reduce the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s funding gap from $1.7 billion to about $440 million.
about 2 months ago // Devex CheckUp
Innovative financing tools are emerging in the global health sector to address funding cuts. Plus, WHO issues recommendations for weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, and the U.S. taps faith-based organizations in its new global health approach.
about 2 months ago // Global health
UNFPA's matching fund has been successful in getting 36 governments to allocate additional domestic resources for reproductive health commodities. A Gates Foundation-funded pilot is looking at how that can be replicated for maternal, newborn, and child health.
about 2 months ago // The Future of Global Health
One key lesson Dr. Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, monitoring and evaluation manager at the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme in Nigeria, shares for other countries: Build your own data system and ensure you’re in control.