Emily Bass
@_emilybass_
Science geek, activist, feminist, Lionel Gelber Prize Shortlist, 2023 Creative Capital Awardee, chronicler of ongoing pandemics - covid, HIV, views my own
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19-07-2018 01:38:37
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Remember when Netscape was a search engine and the GFATM launched its early funding round with every dollar pledged - not a portion of funds actually on hand? Times change. My latest for Think Global Health The Global Fund World Bank.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/pandem…
In 2003, President Bush created PEPFAR which has been credited with saving millions of lives. On today's Lawfare Podcast, Anna Hickey sat down with Emily Bass to discuss why it may expire and what expiration would mean for the millions who depend on it. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-la…
In which Anna Hickey Lawfare and I discuss PEPFAR and “the pathway back” from its current precipice to a clean five year reauthorization — and why *all* lives depend on brave bipartisan work to walk this path. George W. Bush Presidential Center Dr. John Nkengasong
Thanks to Think Global Health for the chance to unfurl the untold story of how the most successful USG pandemic-fighting program of the 21st century fell on hard times, and why it matters for HIV and health security. Weekly installments to come in the PEPFAR files!
Separating PEPFAR's outcomes from its structure = saying Apollo 11 didnt need NASA. Why is global health infrastructure so undervalued by USG? In the second article of my series for Think Global Health, I'll try to explain. Stay tuned. Article 1/3 online now - see link below.