Dear Colleagues,

As this was yet another crazy week in the world (as well as on the personal ‘work/commute’ front 😊) , and we have 2 Featured articles this week, I’ll keep it short in this week’s intro. 

With many eyes already on the now fast approaching 78th World Health Assembly   (themed this year “One World for Health”), we also pay attention to a pivotal Global Fund Board meeting (7-9 May) in this week’s issue, there’s increasing coverage, advocacy and analysis on the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) taking place in Seville (Spain) end of next month, and much more.

In a world of cascading crises feeding upon each other (and often eating up what’s left of ‘fiscal space’), I doubt there’ll be a ‘new normal’ any time soon. Nevertheless, it’s clear that various stakeholders and actors are already frantically trying to think through (and preparing for) such a ‘new world’, whether it’s western development actors   ( this week, the UK ...