Mortalidad materna y neonatal: una tragedia inaceptable que se puede evitar (Maternal and neonatal mortality: an unacceptable tragedy that can be avoided)
The death toll of mothers and young infants in the world’s poorest countries is an unacceptable and largely avoidable tragedy. Investing just $3.7 billion annually in BEmONC and family planning is not only low cost,...
Så kan korruption och slöseri minska (In this way, corruption and waste can be reduced)
Corruption is a trillion-dollar problem globally each year, with very few answers. Over the past decade, we have made zero progress towards fighting it, despite the UN setting the target to end corruption in its sig...
One of humanity’s biggest achievements in the last century was making a huge increase in food production. Read the second part of the 12-piece series in Daily Graphic.
Pouring resources into agricultural R&D for most impoverished nations is a game-changer
Research shows that a 1% increase in agricultural value added per hectare can bring about a quick 0.4% drop in poverty and a long-term 1.9% decrease, achieved through a combination of lower food costs and increased ...
Invertir más en vacunación: una decisión clave para cumplir con los ODS (Investing more in vaccination: a key decision to meet the SDGs)
Of all the hundreds of promises that the world has made in the SDGs, most of which will never be delivered, a few stand out for their incredible effectiveness. Increased vaccination is clearly one of these policies....
Mens verden triller tommelfingre, er tuberkulose blevet den mest dødbringende, smitsomme sygdom – men der er en løsning (As the world twiddles its thumbs, tuberculosis has become the deadliest infectious disease – but there is a solution)
Global dithering has allowed tuberculosis to become the biggest infectious killer. Ending tuberculosis is one of the world’s most effective policies. We have promised way too much for 2030, but tackling tuberculosis...
Es momento de una segunda revolución verde (Time for a second Green Revolution)
A new research paper for Copenhagen Consensus shows that a modest investment of $5.5 billion annually (less even than Americans spend on ice cream every year) could go a long way and free 133 million people from hun...
One of humanity’s biggest achievements in the last century was making a huge increase in food production. From 1900 to 2000, there was a six-fold increase in crop harvests while the global population increased less ...
