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Opening: Global Advisory Council Member

We're seeking a Global Advisory Council Member to grow our impact. Applications close February 28.

Harriet BellImpact Global Health 3 Feb 2025
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20 min read

Outbreak preparedness: Have we learned from COVID-19?

Our Director, Science & Policy, Dr Lindsay Keir, looks at the lessons of COVID-19 and asks whether our response to the recent mpox outbreak shows that we have learned?

Dr Lindsay KeirDr Lindsay Keir27 Dec 2024
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Monoclonal antibodies: an untapped resource for global health

Dr Alex Asamoah Ankomah, our Technical Officer in the Science & Policy Advisory team, examines the transformative potential of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in combatting infectious diseases and highlights their promise despite challenges in cost and access, particularly in LMICs

Alex Asamoah AnkomahDr Alex Asamoah Ankomah17 Dec 2024
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15 min read

Universal Health Coverage: It’s on governments to ensure equity and access to lifesaving innovations

On Universal Health Coverage Day 2024, our Strategy & External Affairs Lead, Vanessa Candeias, explains why governments must take the lead in ensuring equitable access to the impending pipeline of health innovations.

Vanessa CandeiasVanessa Candeias12 Dec 2024
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Job opening: Senior Analyst

We're seeking a remote Senior Analyst to join our team. Applications close January 17.

Harriet BellImpact Global Health 9 Dec 2024
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The big global health R&D funding stories of 2024

Impact Global Health's Compass initiative tracks the significant funding announcements made each year and looks at the implications they have for the future of global health R&D. Here's our round up of the big stories of 2024

Harriet BellImpact Global Health 3 Dec 2024
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10 min read

Enhancing global health policy-making with data: a look at G-FINDER and Compass

In this blog, our Chief Operating Officer, Anna Doubell, explains how we collect and curate the funding and pipeline data that drives decisions and informs policies in global health R&D.

Anna DoubellAnna Doubell3 Dec 2024
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New data reveals what's happening in the funding of global health R&D

The 2023 financial year funding data is now available in the G-FINDER database so you can see what's being funded, by whom, and whether investment is accelerating, stagnating or declining

Harriet BellImpact Global Health 3 Dec 2024
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15 min read

From Baku to Belém: COP29—a transformative milestone in climate change and global health, focusing on neglected tropical diseases

Dr Sabastine Wakdok, our Director of Research, shares how health issues can be placed at the centre of climate policies, ensuring that vulnerable populations are protected from disproportionate impacts

Dr Sabastine WakdokDr Sabastine Wakdok22 Nov 2024
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