The Conversation: Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?
Gilles van Cutsem, honorary research associate with the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research at the University of Cape Town (11/17).

Devex: Opinion: Demonstrating leadership for racial equality in development
Victoria Cooper, senior vice president of Chemonics’ East and Southern Africa regional business unit (11/17).

IPS: Our Development Priorities Have Shifted to the Immediate Task of Saving Lives & Livelihoods
Hugh Hilton Todd, minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (11/17).

Nature: What if tropical diseases had as much attention as COVID?
Francine Ntoumi, head of the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research and senior lecturer at the University Marien Ngouabi and the Institute of Tropical Medicine at the University of Tübingen (11/17).

Project Syndicate: A Pandemic We Can Prevent
Thomas Cueni, director general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, chair of the AMR Industry Alliance, and founder of the AMR Action Fund (11/17).

Project Syndicate: The Global South’s Pandemic Path to Self-Reliance
Syed Munir Khasru, chair of the Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) (11/17).