Sara Jerving
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Experts are raising concern around a template for bilateral agreements between the U.S. and partner governments that includes pathogen sharing. www.devex.com/news/us-temp...
US template for bilateral health deals bypasses WHO pandemic negotiations
Experts are raising concern around a template for bilateral agreements between the U.S. and partner governments that includes pathogen sharing and agreements on automatic approval for American product...
www.devex.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Experts are raising concern around a template for bilateral agreements between the U.S. and partner governments that includes pathogen sharing. www.devex.com/news/us-temp...
‘America First’ in global health: Oxymoron or opportunity? Or a bit of both? www.devex.com/news/america...
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
‘America First’ in global health: Oxymoron or opportunity? Or a bit of both? www.devex.com/news/america...
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Fanastic piece by @sarajerving.bsky.social of @devex.com with @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social & @globalhealthorg.bsky.social on the future of global health.
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
‘America First’ in global health: Oxymoron or opportunity?
Or a bit of both?
www.devex.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fanastic piece by @sarajerving.bsky.social of @devex.com with @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social & @globalhealthorg.bsky.social on the future of global health.
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative plans to cut next year's budget by 30% over what it originally planned. Though polio funding levels have so far remained steady in the U.S., several donors — including the U.K. & Germany — are expected to make cuts. www.devex.com/news/global-...
Global polio coalition braces for 30% budget cut
Though polio funding levels have so far remained steady in the United States, several traditional donors — including the United Kingdom and Germany — are expected to make cuts.
www.devex.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative plans to cut next year's budget by 30% over what it originally planned. Though polio funding levels have so far remained steady in the U.S., several donors — including the U.K. & Germany — are expected to make cuts. www.devex.com/news/global-...
I'll be joined by Prof Lawrence Gostin and @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social on Thursday for a @devex.com Pro briefing to unpack the implications of the 'America First' global health strategy. Register here: www.devex.com/events/the-p...
The promise and pitfalls of an 'America First' global health strategy
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October 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I'll be joined by Prof Lawrence Gostin and @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social on Thursday for a @devex.com Pro briefing to unpack the implications of the 'America First' global health strategy. Register here: www.devex.com/events/the-p...
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Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.
Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory
Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory
www.devex.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.
Madagascar faced a polio outbreak that left dozens paralyzed. In response, the government and its partners launched 7 sweeping vaccination campaigns. I traveled across the country to hear the stories of those who've worked to keep polio at bay. devex.shorthandstories.com/madagascars-...
Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory
Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.
devex.shorthandstories.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Madagascar faced a polio outbreak that left dozens paralyzed. In response, the government and its partners launched 7 sweeping vaccination campaigns. I traveled across the country to hear the stories of those who've worked to keep polio at bay. devex.shorthandstories.com/madagascars-...
The “Accra Reset" is an effort to declare an end to the era of development-as-usual. “The cracks in the global order are growing deeper,” said Ghana’s President Mahama. “The world needs a reset, a re-engineering of the very logic of development itself.” www.devex.com/news/the-acc...
The 'Accra Reset': Time’s up for the legacy aid system
An effort led by Ghana's president calls for a paradigm shift toward more equitable global cooperation.
www.devex.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The “Accra Reset" is an effort to declare an end to the era of development-as-usual. “The cracks in the global order are growing deeper,” said Ghana’s President Mahama. “The world needs a reset, a re-engineering of the very logic of development itself.” www.devex.com/news/the-acc...
Afghanistan sees telecom shutdown as Taliban cut off internet: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afghanistan sees telecom shutdown as Taliban cut off internet
Phone and internet links are down nationwide after the Taliban sever fibre-optic connections.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Afghanistan sees telecom shutdown as Taliban cut off internet: www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Trump administration says its future involvement in global health will prioritize country-to-country relationships. Africa CDC is working to ensure it will still play a role in the country’s strategy: www.devex.com/news/what-ro...
What role will Africa CDC play in an ‘America First’ global health vision?
The Trump administration says its future involvement in global health will prioritize country-to-country relationships. The Pan-African public health agency is working to ensure it will still play a r...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The Trump administration says its future involvement in global health will prioritize country-to-country relationships. Africa CDC is working to ensure it will still play a role in the country’s strategy: www.devex.com/news/what-ro...
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India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective new injection that prevents HIV transmission at $40 — the same price as daily oral PrEP.
New partnerships bring price parity between lenacapavir and oral PrEP
New partnerships bring price parity between lenacapavir and oral PrEP
www.devex.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective new injection that prevents HIV transmission at $40 — the same price as daily oral PrEP.
Under two new partnerships announced today, India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective Lenacapvir, a new 6-month injection that prevents HIV transmission, for $40 per patient per year — the same price as daily oral PrEP. www.devex.com/news/new-par...
New partnerships bring price parity between lenacapavir and oral PrEP
India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective new injection that prevents HIV transmission at $40 — the same price as daily oral PrEP.
www.devex.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Under two new partnerships announced today, India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective Lenacapvir, a new 6-month injection that prevents HIV transmission, for $40 per patient per year — the same price as daily oral PrEP. www.devex.com/news/new-par...
Reposted by Sara Jerving
Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Reposted by Sara Jerving
The board approved a new approach to supporting children living in fragile and humanitarian contexts, confirmed it will introduce RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, and approved the creation of an mpox vaccine stockpile.
Gavi's board tasked with strategy shift in light of $3b funding gap
Gavi's board tasked with strategy shift in light of $3b funding gap
www.devex.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The board approved a new approach to supporting children living in fragile and humanitarian contexts, confirmed it will introduce RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, and approved the creation of an mpox vaccine stockpile.
Reposted by Sara Jerving
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.
Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming
Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming
www.devex.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.
Reposted by Sara Jerving
The Trump administration is pushing for less waste — but destroying $10 million in contraceptives. Plus, the controversy surrounding "integration" in HIV programming, and WHO projects a major decline in health aid.
Devex CheckUp: US to trash $10M in contraceptives despite push to fight waste
Devex CheckUp: US to trash $10M in contraceptives despite push to fight waste
www.devex.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Trump administration is pushing for less waste — but destroying $10 million in contraceptives. Plus, the controversy surrounding "integration" in HIV programming, and WHO projects a major decline in health aid.
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma. www.devex.com/news/why-int...
Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.
www.devex.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma. www.devex.com/news/why-int...
Reposted by Sara Jerving
“'For us to increase coverage, we need to meet people where they are,' said Kenneth Ngure, International AIDS Society president-elect, during the organization’s #Kigali conference last week."
#IAS2025 @devex.com @sarajerving.bsky.social
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Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming
In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.
www.devex.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“'For us to increase coverage, we need to meet people where they are,' said Kenneth Ngure, International AIDS Society president-elect, during the organization’s #Kigali conference last week."
#IAS2025 @devex.com @sarajerving.bsky.social
#IAS2025 @devex.com @sarajerving.bsky.social
The world is equipped with many of the tools that could help bring the HIV epidemic to an end—including the groundbreaking 6-month injectable lenacapavir for preventing new infections, but US aid cuts threaten their rollout to those needing them the most. www.devex.com/news/us-aid-...
US aid cuts overshadow HIV research advances
The world is equipped with many of the tools that could help bring the HIV epidemic to an end, but U.S. funding cuts threaten their rollout to the people who need them the most.
www.devex.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The world is equipped with many of the tools that could help bring the HIV epidemic to an end—including the groundbreaking 6-month injectable lenacapavir for preventing new infections, but US aid cuts threaten their rollout to those needing them the most. www.devex.com/news/us-aid-...
The U.S. Senate removed a proposed $400 million funding cut to the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS program from President Trump’s multibillion-dollar rescissions package. And while this is seen as a victory, PEPFAR is a shell of it's former self: www.devex.com/news/senate-...
Senate blocks $400M cut to PEPFAR, but it's a shell of its former self
The U.S. Senate removed a proposed $400 million funding cut to the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS program from President Trump’s multibillion-dollar rescissions package.
www.devex.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The U.S. Senate removed a proposed $400 million funding cut to the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS program from President Trump’s multibillion-dollar rescissions package. And while this is seen as a victory, PEPFAR is a shell of it's former self: www.devex.com/news/senate-...
“We are very hopeful that they will come back,” said Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the US funding cut. While the org fell short of its $11.9b goal during the pledging event last week—Nishtar sees the $9b they raised as a victory. www.devex.com/news/gavi-s-...
Gavi’s Sania Nishtar is ‘very hopeful’ US will return as a donor
While the organization fell short of its fundraising goal at its replenishment event last week — its chief executive officer still sees the $9 billion raised as a victory.
www.devex.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“We are very hopeful that they will come back,” said Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the US funding cut. While the org fell short of its $11.9b goal during the pledging event last week—Nishtar sees the $9b they raised as a victory. www.devex.com/news/gavi-s-...
Reposted by Sara Jerving
Feed: "Africa Is a Country"
By: Mouttasem Albarodi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
By: Mouttasem Albarodi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
From Cape To Cairo
When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?
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June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Feed: "Africa Is a Country"
By: Mouttasem Albarodi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
By: Mouttasem Albarodi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Ghana President Mahama provided a reminder of global priorities, telling the Gavi pledging event audience that one of the bombs dropped on Iran reportedly costs about $2.1 billion. “It's a choice we have to make between taking lives and saving lives." www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...
Gavi pledges fall short about $2.9B as US pulls out
It finalized its five-year investment round pledging event with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion.
www.devex.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ghana President Mahama provided a reminder of global priorities, telling the Gavi pledging event audience that one of the bombs dropped on Iran reportedly costs about $2.1 billion. “It's a choice we have to make between taking lives and saving lives." www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, finalized its five-year investment round with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion. www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...
Gavi pledges fall short about $2.9B as US pulls out
It finalized its five-year investment round with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion.
www.devex.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, finalized its five-year investment round with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion. www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. is cutting funding to support Gavi’s work to vaccinate children in lower-income countries. But can the Trump administration do that? Congress allocates funding to Gavi. www.devex.com/news/robert-...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the US is cutting funding for Gavi
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. is cutting funding to support Gavi’s work to vaccinate children in lower-income countries. But can the Trump administration do that?
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June 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. is cutting funding to support Gavi’s work to vaccinate children in lower-income countries. But can the Trump administration do that? Congress allocates funding to Gavi. www.devex.com/news/robert-...