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Nobel Laureates Take Cue from R4D Experts

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3 October, 2011

 

 

On September 28, an expert panel from the Copenhagen Consensus revealed its list of prioritized HIV/AIDS interventions to representatives from the Global Fund and the U.S. Government, using insights from an R4D paper to decide that increased funding to AIDS vaccine research and development is the most cost-effective investment of all eighteen reviewed HIV/AIDS interventions.

Connected Expert(s): 
Dean Jamison
Connected Expert(s): 
Gabrielle Partridge
Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconRethink HIV 2011 Assessment Paper - Benefit-cost analysis of AIDS Vaccine Research.pdf

Transparency & Accountability Program

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Since its inception in 2006, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) has strengthened the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in low- and middle-income countries to better hold their governments accountable and to promote improvements in social sector public spending and service delivery. 

 

 

 

Main Contact: 
Caroline Poirrier
Website: 
http://tap.resultsfordevelopment.org
Funder: 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Caroline Poirrier
Courtney Heck
Courtney Tolmie
Nicholas Burnett

Long-Run Costs and Financing of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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South Africa is facing a mounting financial challenge in its fight against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. With 5.7 million people currently infected with the HIV virus and an additional half million adults and children becoming newly infected each year, South Africa stands at a critical crossroads.

South Africa is facing a mounting financial challenge in its fight against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. With 5.7 million people currently infected with the HIV virus and an additional half million adults and children becoming newly infected each year, South Africa stands at a critical crossroads.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Gabrielle Partridge
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Teresa Guthrie, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, Kelsey Case
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): 
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconaids2031 South Africa Report_Published 2010.pdf

Special Report on the State of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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Earlier this year, a group of South Africa's forfront HIV experts met to share ideas on how to best reduce the epidemic. This Global Health Magazine article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, discusses the main points of that meeting.

On January 21, a group of South Africa’s leading HIV experts met in Cape Town to discuss the state of prevention and treatment in the AIDS epidemic. Council on Foreign Relations Global Fellow Dr. Peter Navario convened the meeting for HIV/AIDS thinkers, policy makers, and practitioners to share ideas on how to best tackle the epidemic. This article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, summarizes the analysis and recommendations that emerged from that meeting.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Peter Navario
Link to Publication-Resource: 
http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/summary/front_line_aids_fight

From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations

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From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

From the Ground Up argues that the international community’s efforts to improve public expenditure and budget execution decisions would be more effective if done in collaboration with local independent monitoring organizations.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
R4D Author(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Author(s): 
Dr. Stephen Kosack, Charles C. Griffin
Funder(s): 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

R4D to host special session with global leaders on AIDS costs and policy choices

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9 June, 2010

How much will the fight against AIDS cost in the coming years, who will pay for it in the midst of global economic crisis and competing spending priorities, and how can governments better use their scarce AIDS resources to have the greatest impact on the epidemic?

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconDr. Apuuli - bio.pdf
application/pdf iconBio - DR. BENSON CHIRWA.pdf
application/pdf iconRifat Atun bio Global Fund_5Mar2010.pdf
application/pdf iconPaul D. Bouey bio.pdf

“Strengthening Institutions” country partners convene in Prague to present research on public expenditure accountability

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13 January, 2010

As part of efforts to build international benchmarks for the quality of public spending and promote informed decisions on resource allocations in developing countries, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) and Global Development Network co-hosted the first peer review workshop for the Strengthening Institutions program in Prague on January 13th-15th.

Connected Expert(s): 
Courtney Heck
Connected Expert(s): 
Courtney Tolmie
Connected Expert(s): 
Nicholas Burnett
Connected Project(s): 
Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability

Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage

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As a first step toward the development of an ongoing, multi-country cross-learning platform, several countries and their development partners convened a joint learning workshop in Delhi, India in February 2010. The workshop brought together practitioners from six countries to share learning around the successes and problem-solve around the challenges of implementing demand-side health financing reforms to expand health coverage.

Over the past decade, a number of national or state-level reforms have been implemented by governments that are committed to expanding health coverage through “demand-side” (third-party) financing models, to reach the poorest and informal sectors of their populations.  These reforms are ambitious in their goals, but challenging to implement successfully.  Many organizations and initiatives currently provide helpful policy assistance for and generate valuable information on these new and innovative reforms.

Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Alice Garabrant
Gina Lagomarsino
Maria Belenky
Robert Hecht

“Critical Choices in Financing” – Findings from AIDS2031 featured in Health Affairs

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3 November, 2009

By the year 2031, the AIDS pandemic will enter its 50th year, and funding needed to fight the pandemic in developing countries could reach as much as $35 billion annually – unless wise choices are made today to spend more efficiently and focus on prevention activities that can lower the number of new infections in the future and moderate costs for treatment and other measures to mitigate the negative impacts of AIDS on individuals and their communities.

Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Farzana Muhib
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Expert(s): 
William McGreevey
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Funder: 
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Funder: 
UNAIDS
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconCritical choices in Financing Hecht et al.pdf
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