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USAID and Merck Put Skin in the Health Finance Game

Posted by  on Monday, May 20th 2013     
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah. Photo by: Center for Strategic and International Studies / CC BY-NC-SA

USAID and Merck have joined other donors and companies in a massive ramp-up of an existing public health financing program built to help countries that need health supplies get more bang for their buck. Read more >>

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The Power of Mobile Technology to Save Lives

Posted by  on Friday, May 10th 2013     
A health worker refers to her mobile phone for information while making a house visit. Photo credit: World Vision

Technology and innovation is the way forward for NGOs to impact the global health field, including reducing incidence of malaria, improving maternal and child health, and improving child nutrition. Read more >>

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Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations Increase Open Data for Food Security

Posted by  on Wednesday, May 8th 2013     
Kenyan farmer shows her crops. Photo credit: Jimmy Wambua

The concept of open agriculture data fuses transparency and technology to improve food security worldwide. Read more >>

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The Horn of Africa’s Last Famine?

Posted by  on Friday, September 23rd 2011     

Guest blogger Sam Dryden is the Director of Agricultural Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  This post was originally published as an op-ed in the September 15, 2011 edition of The Globe and Mail. For more information on the crisis in the Horn of Africa and how to get involved in the relief [...]

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