Up to half of used lead-acid batteries in Africa could be coming from off-grid solar systems. Important new paper by @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & Caroline Mallory www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Rachel Bonnifield
@rachelbonnifield.bsky.social
Director of Global Health Policy & Senior Fellow @Cgdev. Global health, lead poisoning, R&D, AMR, pandemic prep, pharma, econ, and development, with a side of foster kittens. Views are my own.
Millions of kids need a life-changing drug that could prevent permanent brain damange from lead poisoning. The medicine is off-patent, on the WHO Essential Medicine List, and cheap to make. So why is it still unaffordable & out of reach? w/Theo Mitchell www.cgdev.org/blog/million...
Millions of Children Need Life-Changing Lead Poisoning Medicine. Why Isn’t It Affordable?
Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical and mental disability. The most practical treatment for this kind of exposure is oral chelation therapy—and we estimate there ar...
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Millions of kids need a life-changing drug that could prevent permanent brain damange from lead poisoning. The medicine is off-patent, on the WHO Essential Medicine List, and cheap to make. So why is it still unaffordable & out of reach? w/Theo Mitchell www.cgdev.org/blog/million...
Millions of Children Need Life-Changing Lead Poisoning Medicine. Why Isn’t It Affordable?
Children with extreme exposure to lead are at risk of lifelong physical and mental disability. The most practical treatment for this kind of exposure is oral chelation therapy—and we estimate there ar...
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Global lead poisoning makes the cover of the NYT -- documenting how dirty battery recycling in Africa powers the US automobile industry. Important read 👇 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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PEPFAR is at a great American success story at a crossroads. The Trump Administration's Global Health Strategy offers a broadly reasonable blueprint for PEPFAR's next chapter: more country ownership, deliverty by national governments, and spending cuts. 1/x
How do you find $2.5 B in savings when every decision has consequences for access to life-saving vaccines? With Center for Global Development colleagues, here are 2 core principles and 5 suggestions. Give it a read and let us know what you think. #gavi
Janeen Madan Keller@jmadankeller.bsky.social · last yr.Amid a broader global health financing crisis, @gavi.org faces a $2.5B budget shortfall Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/publication/...
Amid a broader global health financing crisis, @gavi.org faces a $2.5B budget shortfall Read our new @cgdev.org brief on how Gavi 6.0 can take a bigger leap w @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @peterbaker17.bsky.social @tomldrake.bsky.social & @orinlevine.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/publication/...
How Gavi 6.0 Can Take a Bigger Leap
Gavi’s board and leadership must stretch scarce resources to fulfill a challenging double mandate: (1) stabilizing immunization outcomes and fiscal solvency in Gavi-eligible countries facing severe he...
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WHO faces immediate fiscal crisis, w/ a 35% budget gap of $1.5bn. @peterbaker17.bsky.social, @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social, & @jmadankeller.bsky.social argue that WHO’s leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to global leadership, health security, & public goods: www.cgdev.org/publication/...
A Lean World Health Organization for the Global Good
In this brief—the first in the Tough Times, Tough Choices series that will target the major global health and development institutions and their funders—we propose a different approach: radically stre...
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1st edition of our @cgdev.org series "Tough Times, Tough Choices" is hot off the press Facing budget cuts, we argue WHO's leadership must chart a path of retrenchment to a lean @who.int for the global good w/ @peterbaker17.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/publication/...
A Lean World Health Organization for the Global Good
In this brief—the first in the Tough Times, Tough Choices series that will target the major global health and development institutions and their funders—we propose a different approach: radically stre...
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Cutting US funding for @gavi.org which leads on global vaccination efforts is incredibly shortsighted and misguided @charlesjkenny.bsky.social & I argued why in this @cgdev.org blog 👇 www.cgdev.org/blog/why-tru...
Fantastic news that Switzerland have now submitted the paperwork triggering the start of the process that could eventually lead to better regulation on lead paint exports ipen.org/news/lead-ch...
Lead Chromates, Pigments in Lead Paint, on the Agenda for Global Regulation | IPEN
Goteborg, Sweden-Today, IPEN welcomed the notification from the Swiss government calling on the Rotterdam Convention to address the toxic trade in lead chromates, chemicals used as the main pigments u...
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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · last yr.Despite it's ability to cause substantial harm to human health, lead chromate is still not regulated by the Rotterdam Convention, likely due in part to bureaucratic inertia. More from @leecrawfurd.bsky.social & @rorytodd98.bsky.social:
Starting now! Tune in on CGD YouTube
Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · last yr.It’s day 1 of @cgdev.org's first annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure! 📅 Today, researchers, policymakers, and more are convening in DC to discuss how we can stamp out global lead poisoning. Stay tuned for updates.
"In Cleveland, where 20% of children have elevated lead levels, Dave Margolius, director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health say they’ve also lost CDC assistance for lead prevention. “The percentage of children poisoned by lead in Cleveland is higher than Flint, Michigan was at its peak”"
White House to Cities: Good Luck Fighting Lead Poisoning
Centers for Disease Control staff cuts leave cities to fight lead poisoning that endangers children without federal help.
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The Market for Prescription Drugs Is Broken. Here’s Why Trump’s Executive Order Would Make It Worse www.cgdev.org/blog/market-...
The Market for Prescription Drugs Is Broken. Here’s Why Trump’s Executive Order Would Make It Worse
The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...
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📣New @cgdev.org blog on the latest Trump EO to curb high drug prices We breakdown why the proposed policy prescription of "reference pricing" is misguided... with a healthy dose of econ101 🤓 w/ @charlesjkenny.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/blog/market-...
The Market for Prescription Drugs Is Broken. Here’s Why Trump’s Executive Order Would Make It Worse
The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...
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US drug prices are way too high—but the Trump EO to “fix” them would make things worse for everyone. We break down the economics of reference pricing here — and explain why it’s a bad approach for the US 👇 With @charlesjkenny.bsky.social and @jmadankeller.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/blog/market-...
The Market for Prescription Drugs Is Broken. Here’s Why Trump’s Executive Order Would Make It Worse
The US pays—by far—the highest prices for on-patent prescription drugs of any country on earth. The White House just issued an executive order purporting to fix this problem. But the proposed solution...
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New Trump EO on drug pricing just dropped and there's...a lot going on there. A breakdown 👇 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
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Feeling *inspired* to renew my Canadian passport 🍁
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · last yr."I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.
"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.
"We've been left no choice but to this week suspend treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children — simply because we've run out of commodities and funding," Zlatan Milisic, WFP Country Director in Ethiopia told a Geneva press briefing by video from Addis Ababa.
Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.Malnutrition treatments halted in Ethiopia due to underfunding, WFP says reut.rs/4jB8BVW
New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause: - 15.2m deaths from AIDS - 2.2m deaths from TB - 7.9 additional child deaths
CNN story on lead poisoning & HHS/CDC's inability to act: Wisconsin asked the CDC for help with lead poisoning cases in Milwaukee but CDC had to cancel because HHS Secretary laid off all the CDC lead poisoning experts! Screenshot below of Ex CDC Director Tom Frieden's '09-'17 comments today #medsky
Non-toxic options to lead chromate—a toxic paint pigment—have existed for years. But @rorytodd98.bsky.social, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social, & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social find that rich countries like the US & UK still export it to poorer nations, despite banning/restricting it at home: bit.ly/4jusvlJ
Rich Countries Are Exporting Thousands of Tons of Toxic Paint Pigment to Poor Countries
One in three children globally suffer from lead poisoning, which harms their health and educational development. While there’s a lot we still don’t know about where exposure comes from, most experts w...
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I step away from my feed and try to do real work for 15 freaking minutes...
In DC for spring meetings? Join me & @clemencelanders.bsky.social on Wed Apr 23 for a @cgdev.org event on how multilateral funds can evolve in the face of shrinking resources and growing needs RSVP ➡️ www.cgdev.org/event/how-do...
How Do Multilateral Funds Survive the Donor Retreat?
Multilateral concessional funds like Gavi or the World Bank’s IDA are the largest source of development finance for the world’s poorest countries. But with shrinking donor commitments, the system need...
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Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2y agoAs stakeholders gather for this year's IMF & World Bank #SpringMeetings, CGD is hosting crucial discussions with leading global development experts, policymakers, representatives from international finance institutions, & more.🌸🌍 Explore the schedule of events & RSVP below! ⬇️ bit.ly/43HcvIn
Rich Countries Are Exporting Thousands of Tons of Toxic Paint Pigment to Poor Countries New data from @rorytodd98.bsky.social @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social @cgdev.org and me. Paper: www.cgdev.org/publication/... Blog: www.cgdev.org/blog/rich-co...
If you hate the news cycle but love high-impact research to help kids learn and thrive, we've got a great opportunity for you: Register now CGD's First Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure(!), hosted as part of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. www.cgdev.org/event/first-...
First Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure
CGD's first annual research conference on global lead exposure will bring together researchers, policymakers, and implementers working to stamp out global lead poisoning.
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Blog with Erin Collinson: The USAID Fait Accompli. The administration is trying to end-run Congress by sacking everyone at USAID and ramping up State Department capacity prior to asking for legislative authority to put USAID functions under State. It won't end well.
"If US lawmakers have their own opinions about the scale, scope, & institutional design of US assistance or want to avoid the chaos..., they’ll have to act fast before the choice is made for them." @ecollinson.bsky.social @charlesjkenny.bsky.social www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-f...
The USAID Fait Accompli
On Friday, the administration sent a memo on the future of USAID to the agency’s staff. It makes clear that the strategy continues to be “cut and reorganize first, ask permission later”—putting forwar...
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