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AP: Nobel winner urges billionaires to save millions from famine “The head of the World Food Program, this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, again urged billionaires to donate just a few billion to save millions of lives, saying Friday the number of people ‘marching toward starvation’ has jumped…
IPS: Global Poverty Soars — As Incomes of World’s Billionaires Hit New Highs “Addressing poverty eradication last week, just ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, U.N. chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling ‘disproportionately on the most…
Center for Global Development: Coping with COVID-19: The Pakistan Experience Ijaz Nabi, non-resident fellow with CGD (10/15). Friends of the Global Fight: The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Needed Responses (10/15). Johns Hopkins University’s “Hub”: Study identifies dire economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa Laura…
AP: U.N. aid chief: Funding shortage cuts aid to 4 million Yemenis (Lederer, 10/15). Devex: Which bilateral donors are supporting mental health? (Smith/Cordale, 10/14). Devex: $100M genomic sequencing initiative launches in Africa (Chakamba, 10/15). STAT: Thank this Ebola-fighting African doctor for monoclonal antibody treatments (Jenson, 10/15). U.N. News: Invest in…
Devex: DFC identifies its priorities in first development strategy “The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation released its development policy Thursday — a document that identifies priority sectors and a set of commitments on development outputs. The strategy will guide DFC’s work through 2025, though it may adapt and change over…
CSIS: The Pandemic Paradox — HIV on the Edge Episode 3: The Magic Years ” ‘The Magic Years’ is the third episode of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center’s five-episode docuseries on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. This episode covers the period of the epidemic’s history that included the advent of…
New Humanitarian: America must stop using international aid to export anti-abortion ideology Anu Kumar, president and CEO, and Patty Skuster, senior legal adviser, both at Ipas “…The anti-abortion … position held by so many American leaders and policymakers — exaggerated by the current administration — puts the United States at…
Devex: Opinion: The critical need for finance to unlock better mental health James Sale, health financing and governance advocate and policy, advocacy, and financing manager at United for Global Mental Health, and colleagues “…The enormous human cost of mental health ought to itself galvanize government investment. But the unique economic…
AP: ‘It was so abrupt’: COVID-19 upends burial rites in Cameroon (Fonyuy, 10/14). AP: Iran virus death toll hits record high, 3rd time in a week (Vahdat et al., 10/14). CNBC: Bill Gates slams U.S. on Covid: Most governments listen to their scientists, not attack them (Belvedere, 10/14). CNBC: WHO…
Center for Global Development: Making the $12 Billion Go Further: Four Things the World Bank Can Do in Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Following the announcement of the World Bank’s approval of $12 billion for the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments, Kalipso Chalkidou, director of global…
