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stephen rahaim, megan howe, jacqui larsen

Tags: global-health, health-systems-strengthening

11 days ago | 6 min read

How Countries Can Meet Their Family Planning Commitments

World Contraception Day, celebrated every September 26, is an annual reminder that governments should be doing more to meet the demand for modern family planning services among their populations.

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claire mcgilley, lylli moya

24 days ago | 9 min read

Mainstreaming Gender Equity and Inclusion in Honduran Schools

Persistently high levels of violence in Honduras drive irregular out-migration, with harmful consequences for young Hondurans. When parents leave the country without their children, the resulting family disintegration leaves young people even more vulnerable to gangs and violence...

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sheila town

1 month ago | 9 min read

Making a Difference in Orangutan Conservation

In the more than 10 years since the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the Orangutan Conservation Service Program (OCSP), led by DAI in Indonesia from 2007 to 2010, the world has changed in many significant ways, some expected, some not, some hoped for, some not.

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There Are 42,000 Young People Ready to Lead Tanzania’s Economic Growth

Young role models such as Malala, Amanda Gorman, and Greta Thunberg have given the world a glimmer of hope—that perhaps the world will be better one day because of their efforts.

ngasuma kanyeka

14 min read

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Governments Are Crucial to Locally Led Development

Global development agencies seeking to improve results are increasingly looking to diversify their stable of partners and implementers as part of a broader drive toward locally led development.

rachel couper, teddie mandala

6 min read

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Hybrid Finance Model Shows Promise in Boosting Access to Sanitation

The Philippines is one of only two countries in Southeast Asia to be behind in their commitments to eliminating open defecation and achieving universal access to basic sanitation by 2030, according to the UNICEF-World Health Organization Joint Monitoring Programme.

alma porciuncula, doreen erfe, kate edelen

9 min read

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Health Security is Everyone’s Business

Last month the World Health Organization highlighted the need for “a stronger and more inclusive health emergency preparedness, response, and resilience (HEPR) architecture” in its global architecture concept note.

omer njajou, claude cafardy

6 min read

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Seed Trade in Southern Africa: Operationalizing 15 Years of Policy in Six Years

Seventy percent of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) population depends on agriculture for food, income, and employment.

itai makanda, mia marshall

11 min read

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Climate and Health: What it Means to Have the UNEP Join the One Health Alliance

In March, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was joining the One Health alliance, formally establishing a Quadripartite partnership.

megan howe

5 min read

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Land and Climate: Lessons from Ethiopia

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