Global health has long focused on identifying the most cost-effective interventions, known as “best buys,” and scaling them up to save lives. That approach has delivered enormous progress, but it was built on an incomplete model that funded intervention, not delivery systems.
In a new op-ed for Devex, Resolve to Save Lives leaders Dr. Tom Frieden, Amanda McClelland, and Francois Jung argue that this delivery gap is global health’s most consequential blind spot.
The next phase of global public health will be defined not by new interventions alone, but by whether countries have the systems to deliver them reliably, sustainably, and at scale, so lifesaving tools reach the people who need them, when they need them.