Andrew Green
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Can a 'watered-down' TRIPS waiver still matter?
"Our government are saying to us that is not what they agreed to," a South African activist said during a Devex-hosted discussion on a proposal to temporarily waive patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines. → Read More
Global Fund called to account for stock shortages in Kenya, Mozambique
With audits finding that health supply chains suffer due to weak local structures and low political accountability, members of civil society are calling for the Global Fund to demand immediate improvements or fund alternative delivery systems. → Read More
After 22 months closed, Uganda's schools are struggling
Student defections, teacher burnout, and lost years of schooling are plaguing the system — but a number of programs are trying to ameliorate the problem. → Read More
Will whoever identifies the next COVID-19 variant be punished for it?
South Africa identified the omicron variant — and found itself taking the blame for it. Now some are advising such nations, with little access to vaccines or treatments, to stop sharing genomic sequencing. → Read More
TRIPS standoff continues in the new year
A new year has one nothing to ease the global standoff within the World Trade Organization over the waiver of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, as the EU dismissed India's proposal to discuss it further as "premature." → Read More
What to know about Germany's new development minister
Svenja Schulze guided the country's environment ministry — and now she's taking on the BMZ. → Read More
What the new German government could mean for development
A three-party coalition in Germany now has official terms. Here's what that portends for the country's aid budget and an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19-related medical supplies. → Read More
What the German election means for development funding
What does a post-Merkel coalition government mean for Germany's development ministry? → Read More
Germany plans sweeping changes to aid
Devex has exclusive details on Germany's plan to cut support for 25 countries and streamline its funding priorities. → Read More
Q&A: James Love on the biggest challenges in the fight for affordable drugs
There is a chronic issue of medicines being priced out of reach of the global south. James Love, who has been at the forefront of this debate for years, speaks to Devex about why it's so difficult to change. → Read More
The conference challenging Western ideas on development
The annual Rhodes Forum pits a Western perspective against other global powers — and this year turned its attention to sustainable development in the global south. → Read More
Should governments see health care as an 'investment'?
In a political environment where governments often prize investments that offer more immediate returns, will the framing of health funding as a capital investment win over the argument of health as a right? Devex finds out. → Read More
Germany, foreign aid, and the elusive 0.7%
Aid spending has been on an upward trajectory in Germany — but nobody knows how long it will last, with signs that its commitment to development is already beginning to slip. → Read More
How Bonn became a sustainable development hub
About the author * Andrew Green@_andrew_green Andrew Green is a Devex Correspondent based in Berlin. His coverage focuses primarily on health and human rights and he has previously worked as Voice of America's South Sudan bureau chief and the Center for Public Integrity's web editor. → Read More
What's behind PEPFAR's funding cut threats?
PEPFAR priority countries that are failing to hit targets are facing unprecedented cuts to their budgets this year. → Read More
The activists trying to 'decolonize' global health
About the author * Andrew Green@_andrew_green Andrew Green is a Devex Correspondent based in Berlin. His coverage focuses primarily on health and human rights and he has previously worked as Voice of America's South Sudan bureau chief and the Center for Public Integrity's web editor. → Read More
Civil society leans on Europe to ensure accountability at AIIB
Activists claim the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is prioritizing efficiency over rigorous environmental and social standards — and they want European stakeholders to act. → Read More
German draft law on abuses in supply chains faces uncertain future
The German development ministry BMZ is fighting for legislation that would force companies to take responsibility for human rights abuses in their supply chains. → Read More
A global hub for antimicrobial resistance is taking shape
Germany is funding a research center to coordinate efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance. Here's what it's doing first. → Read More
GIZ: How a development appointment became political
The search for a new labor director for the German Corporation for International Development, or GIZ, has been a surprising source of controversy, with the position now vacant for eight months. → Read More