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Innovative Financing for Global Health R&D

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R4D is identifying innovative approaches to financing global health R&D that reduce barriers and risk in the development of new health technologies. New and improved products are needed to reduce the burden of disease, but creating these products requires difficult long-term scientific efforts, with uncertain return on investment.

New and improved vaccines and drugs are urgently needed to reduce the burden of suffering and loss from diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in developing countries. But creating these new health products requires extremely difficult long-term scientific efforts, and the markets for these kinds of life-saving vaccines and drugs are both uncertain and may not be very lucrative. Because of these barriers and risks, many scientific organizations and biopharmaceutical companies shy away from investing in these areas.

Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
Duration: 
April, 2008 - December, 2012
Funder: 
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Aarthi Rao
Amrita Palriwala
Robert Hecht
Kimberly Manno Reott

R4D hosts Taiwan health system expert Tsung-Mei Cheng

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28 February, 2010

As part of our ongoing initiative to establish a Joint Learning Network on Universal Health Coverage, R4D hosted Dr. Tsung-Mei Cheng of Princeton University for a seminar on Taiwan’s national health insurance system, which was set up in the 1990s.

Connected Expert(s): 
Brian Latko
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Sapna Singh Kundra
Connected Project(s): 
Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation

Nicholas Burnett publishes article calling for innovative financing for inclusive education in Global magazine

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8 March, 2010

Nicholas Burnett, who heads up the Education group at R4D, recently published a piece in Global Magazine's special feature, "2010: A turning point in achieving education for all." The article, Getting inclusive education back on track after the financial crisis, discusses the impact of the global economic crisis on achieving Education for All and addresses areas of opportunity for innovative financing mechanisms and better allocation of resources.

Connected Expert(s): 
Nicholas Burnett
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Getting inclusive education back on track after the financial crisis

Getting inclusive education back on track after the financial crisis

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This article by Managing Director Nicholas Burnett appears in the March 2010 Issue of Global magazine. It discusses the impact of the global economic crisis on achieving inclusive education and addresses areas of opportunity to ensure the realization of "Education for All."

In order to meet the educational needs of the poor and provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults, it is essential to secure additional resources and explore more innovative forms of financing – at both the domestic and the international level. This article by Managing Director Nicholas Burnett appears in the March 2010 Issue of Global magazine.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Nicholas Burnett
R4D Author(s): 
Nicholas Burnett
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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Global2_InSight NBurnett.pdf

R4D’s Affinity MacroFinance receives top honors at international finance competition

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8 March, 2010

An initiative co-sponsored by the Results for Development Institute (R4D) and the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) has won top honors at the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development, a competition hosted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank.

Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
David Stevens
Funder: 
Agence Française de Développement
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The World Bank
Attached File(s): 
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Affinity MacroFinance 2016_The Year In Review.pdf

R4D and Global Health Council Announce Series of Talks on `New Visions’ in Health and Development

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4 March, 2010

Results for Development Institute and the Global Health Council will be holding a series of presentations in the coming year titled, “New Visions for Improving Health in the Developing World.”

Connected Expert(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Connected Expert(s): 
Nicholas Burnett
Connected Project(s): 
The Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Attached File(s): 
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INVITATION - New Visions GHC-R4D Series.pdf

Impact on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on the AIDS Response

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The secretariat of the Health Financing Task Force at the Results for Development Institute prepared this paper for the 25th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board to evaluate the impact of the global financial crisis on HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries.

The secretariat of the Health Financing Task Force at the Results for Development Institute prepared this paper for the 25th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board to evaluate the impact of the global financial crisis on HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Amrita Palriwala
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Link to Publication-Resource: 
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Critical Choices In Financing: The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic

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This paper examines potential long-term costs and financing options for the global AIDS response under four different scenarios and provides policy recommendations based on projected epidemiological and financial impacts.

This paper was published as part of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs, a special issue focusing on the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The paper presents the findings of the aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group, and addresses the following key questions: 

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Robert Hecht, Lori Bollinger, John Stover, William McGreevey, Farzana Muhib, Callisto Emas Madavo and David de Ferranti
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Critical Choices In Financing

Joint Learning Workshop brings together six countries to discuss universal health coverage

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8 February, 2010

On February 3-5, R4D and its partners convened delegations from six countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - for a Joint Learning Workshop on Universal Health Coverage in Gurgaon, India. The three day workshop served as a forum for participants to share their experiences implementing health reforms and learn from other countries.

Connected Expert(s): 
Alice Garabrant
Connected Expert(s): 
Brian Latko
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Expert(s): 
Sapna Singh Kundra
Connected Project(s): 
Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage
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