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Accounting for Better Health in Nepal
By: Betsy Williams, Country Support Specialist While we often think of the importance of doctors, nurses, community health workers and even politicians as being the key to strong health systems, it is just as critical to have lawyers, accountants, and governance experts who understand the technical aspects of ensuring that doctors and nurses have what [...]
From the Field
In Nepal, we supported a women’s football tournament in mid-western Nepal. The eight-day young women’s football league tournament in Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur was attended by as many as 10,000 people. The competition was designed to build the confidence, leadership, team building and networking skills of local, rural women. The sports activity is part of the youth [...]
Celebrating Southern Sudanese Freedom to Determine Their Future
By Bill Hammink, USAID/Sudan Mission Director JUBA—It has been an uplifting and moving week in Sudan, as we have witnessed the joy and resolve of millions of southern Sudanese as they exercise their right to vote in the referendum on self-determination promised to them in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than 20 [...]
Afghan Partnership Opens Modern Carpet Processing Facility
By: Robert Sauers, USAID Afghanistan. Originally posted in DipNote the U.S. Department of State Official Blog The Paiman Atlas Group celebrated the opening of its new modernized carpet processing facility yesterday in Dasht-e Barchi, Kabul. Supported by a public-private partnership facilitated by USAID’s Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development (ASMED) project, Paiman can now produce [...]
Dèyè mòn gen mòn
Submitted by: Ryan Cherlin When a Haitian says, Dèyè mòn gen mòn, they mean to say, as you solve one problem there is always another that must also be solved. Driving through the densely populated city of Port-au-Prince I wondered how many times this old proverb was the subject of conversation this past year. In [...]
Pharmaceutical Management – Assuring the Quality and Safety of Medicines
By Maria A. Miralles, PhD, USAID’s Senior Pharmaceutical Management Advisor At the moment of using a medicine, do we trust that the product is of good quality and will not cause us any harm? For those who live in countries with competent regulatory agencies and functioning systems, the answer is yes and this trust is [...]
U.S. Helps Flood-Affected Farmers in Pakistan
As featured in Dipnote By: Alberto Rodriguez, Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan During a ceremony held today, January 11, 2011, in Peshawar, officials from the government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KPk) and the United States marked the success of their partnership in providing high-quality wheat seeds to flood-affected farmers across the nation. The [...]
50th Anniversary: The Program of Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Submitted by: John A. Daly The Program of Science and Technology Cooperation broke ground for USAID. It may have also, been premature. PSTC introduced biotechnology to developing nations, directed attention both to personal computers and the Internet, pioneered in the protection of biodiversity, and indirectly strengthened the role of science at USAID. Created by a [...]
