There were many notable reports and breakthroughs in global health in 2019, with even more on the horizon in 2020 and the decade ahead. The 2020’s are being called the Decade of Action.

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“People who use drugs and children are among the most vulnerable in our society.”

TB HIV Care puts integrated care at the heart of responding to TB, HIV and other major diseases. They work to prevent, find and treat TB and HIV in South Africa, and to target interventions that address the needs of populations at highest risk, such as inmates, sex workers and people who inject drugs.

One of the most vulnerable populations they serve are children under five living with TB, who are hospitalized for significant periods of time – from four months to a year – at a critical time in their development…
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• WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency | STAT
• Global health highs and lows in 2019 | Devex
• Why we need the ‘Davos Manifesto’ for a better kind of capitalism | World Economic Forum
• What Will It Take to Stop Coronavirus? | Harvard Business Review
• Urgent health challenges for the next decade | WHO
• Africa in 2020 | African Business Magazine
• These 10 medical breakthroughs will change the world | World Economic Forum
• In Nigeria, there is no quick fix for antibiotic abuse | Devex
• A Data Revolution for All | Rockefeller Foundation
• Data.org: Our Renewed Commitment to Building the Field of Data Science for Social Impact | Rockefeller Foundation
• Opinion: Predictions 2020 — what will shape reproductive health issues in the coming year? | Devex
• Grim And Hopeful Global Trends To Watch In 2020 (And Fold Into A Zine) | NPR
• Opinion: How to transform the development sector for a decade of action and delivery | Devex

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Ending Tuberculosis is Good for Business – New Initiative Launched to End Tuberculosis in the Workplace | The Global Fund
• 2 billion mosquito nets delivered worldwide since 2004 | RBM Partnership to End Malaria
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A Smart, Lifesaving U.S. Investment in 2020 | Friends of the Global Fight
• Medtronic Releases First Annual Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report | Medtronic
• Johnson & Johnson Announces $250 Million Commitment to Support Frontline Health Workers, Reaching 100 Million People By 2030 | J&J
• First human trial of monoclonal antibody to prevent malaria opens | US NIH

RESOURCES

• Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation reports | WHO
• Davos Manifesto 2020: The Universal Purpose of a Company in the Fourth Industrial Revolution | World Economic Forum
  
• Standard Chartered SDG Investment Map | Standard Chartered
• UNDESA World Social Report | UN
• Leading the charge on the SDGs: Best practices for CEOs & corporate leaders | Devex
• The Global Plan to End TB 2018-2022 | Stop TB Partnership
• The State of Health Care Industry (2020) | PolicyAdvice

EVENTS

• 30 January | World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day
  
• 3-8 February | 146th session of the WHO Executive Board | Geneva, Switzerland
  
• 9-10 February | 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  
• 20-23 February | 19th International Congress on Infectious Diseases | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  

OPPORTUNITIES

• Application Deadline: 21 February | 1,500,000€ in African Digital Literacy Project Grant Funding | ICTWorks
  
• Application Deadline: 21 February | $100 Million for Digital Health Informatics in PEPFAR Countries | ICTWorks
  
• Nomination Deadline: 31 March | Responsible CEO of the Year Awards | 3BL
  
• Application Deadline 31st March | Open Call for Systems Change Grants | | Co-Impact
  

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