East Africa divergence…. In USD terms, Kenya per capita GDP is roughly x2 Tanzania’s, which is roughly x2 Malawi’s. In 2003 they were nearly identical.

¿Cómo le fue a América Latina y el Caribe en PISA 2022? blogs.iadb.org/educacion/es/p… Nuevo análisis por @elenaariasortiz, Bos, Giambruno, y Pablo Zoido

Nuevos resultados de pruebas #PISA: persisten las grandes brechas en educación. En matemáticas, un estudiante de Chile o Urugua tiene 8 años de rezago en escolaridad frente su par de Singapur. 🧵con el problema y una solución costo-efectiva desde Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo blogs.iadb.org/educacion/es/p…

This promises to be a fantastic conference on migration. Submit your papers! x.com/anamibanez/sta… "Although the ... focus of the conference is on work related to migration (internal & international) for the Latin American region, papers for ANY country are also welcome."

South Sudan: internally displaced persons Data: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)

There is a funding gap for cancer; but there is also a wider funding gap for health. We must focus on investing more in health, & include cancer prevention, screening & treatment as part of making health systems stronger. -Juan Pablo Uribe at this morning's Foreign Policy event

For refugees in Denmark, "100 additional hours of language class increases fluency in the Danish language by 8–9 percent" & integrates refugees into their communities, with "an almost 70% reduction in mobility to the largest, most immigrant-dense cities." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A historic day in the fight to #endmalaria! Cameroon has become the first of many countries to introduce the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme. We’re proud to work with partners to support the roll out of the world’s first malaria vaccine:

Congratulations to Cameroon for becoming the first country to introduce the world’s first #malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme! Join us in celebrating this historic milestone:

Congrats, #Cameroon, on kicking off #malaria vaccination today. 🇨🇲 is one the most affected countries by malaria, with over 3 million cases & over 3800 deaths in 2021. World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes 🇨🇲’s commitment and stands ready to support all efforts to #EndMalaria.

New from in Asterisk: Free HIV/AIDS drugs have saved millions of lives. Why were economists so skeptical? asteriskmag.com/issues/05/pepf…

New partnership in the making 🎉. More news coming soon on multinationals partnering to improve quality of care for vulnerable children in Low- and Middle-Income countries. With Pierre Costabel and Julie Risum-Urth.

#Haiti is making strides towards mother-tongue #education with Inter-American Development Bank support: ➡Haitian Creole textbooks are being introduced ➡A curriculum reform is being promoted to prioritize mother-tongue education. Learn more: shorturl.at/izKZ6 #InternationalMotherLanguageDay

Les comparto el artículo de EL PAÍS América sobre el nuevo reporte de Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y Banco Mundial | América Latina y el Caribe "El aprendizaje no puede esperar: lecciones para América Latina y el Caribe a partir de PISA 2022". Este miércoles lo presentamos en la #AsambleaAnualBID elpais.com/america/cumbre…

Orgulloso de que nuestro artículo sobre el gasto educativo desigual en América Latina haya sido galardonado como el mejor artículo en @CER en 2023 por la innovación en la recolección de datos entre países. Con Luana Marotta Humberto Santos Eleonora Bertoni mati financiado x Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Strong coalition formed at #WHA77 today to support national Type 1 #diabetes responses and improve data and #digital solutions for #T1D to ensure no one is left behind ahead of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly High-level meeting in #NCDs non-communicable diseases.

I cannot think of a better way to celebrate my new position as Director of #ChangingDiabetesinChildren Novo Nordisk than together with our esteemed country partners from Indonesia 🇮🇩 and Malaysia 🇲🇾.

“Access to healthcare and timely treatment are critical for managing non-communicable diseases like type 1 #diabetes. We need many different stakeholders to come together to improve health outcomes for children and youth at fist of #NCDs. This collaboration with partners is

Gang violence in Haiti Data: ACLED & Mapbox

Americans can order Covid tests from the government again, at no cost, starting today —> covidtests.gov