Resource library: Report

January 2022

The Supporting Innovative Global Health Technologies (SIGHT) Fund: A new proposal to drive inclusive global health innovation at USAID

Outlines a policy proposal for a Supporting Innovative Global Health Technologies (SIGHT) Fund to create a new and additive source of flexible, catalytic funding at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to conduct research, development, and deployment of global health products through a new appropriation to the USAID Global Health Bureau.

Read time: 28 minutes

World Bank/Henitsoa Rafalia

March 2021

Meeting the moment, fueling the future: Policy recommendations for a new era of US leadership in global health R&D

Provides a detailed agency-by-agency action plan for US policymakers to supercharge global health R&D in the wake of a pandemic that has revealed both the sector’s chronic neglect and amazing potential.

Read time: 42 minutes

GHTC

December 2020

Pain Points and Potential: How COVID-19 is Reshaping Global Health R&D

Analysis of interviews with researchers and thought leaders on how COVID-19 is impacting R&D for neglected diseases and conditions, including lab-based research, clinical trials, funding, and global collaboration. It explores both immediate impacts as well as long-term trends and challenges that could reshape the sector in the coming years.

Read time: 30 minutes

PATH/Gabe Bienczycki

October 2020

The Next Pandemic Won’t Wait: What World Leaders Can Do to Strengthen Global Research and Development Architecture for Health Security

Outlines recommendations for world leaders to strengthen the research and development (R&D) architecture for global health security, addressing both actions needed in the immediacy to combat COVID-19, as well as forward-looking reforms to strengthen coordination and global governance mechanisms for R&D for health emergencies and bolster R&D capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

Read time: 11 minutes