Meanwhile, there are still millions of new infections occurring every day around the world. The Future of Development Assistance for Health The challenge now is to maintain the momentum in development assistance: to lessen COVID-19's ongoing impact, to tackle other health challenges, and—last but definitely not least—to prepare for future pandemics.   Kevin O’Rourke is a freelance Scientific Writer at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)