Weekly Briefing (4/23/2012 – 4/27/2012)
April 22: In the Huffington Post, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah previewed a new global campaign to end preventable child deaths.“Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday” will focus on raising awareness ahead of the Child Survival Call to Action event in June, when the governments of the United States, India, and Ethiopia will join together with UNICEF to mobilize the world to end preventable child deaths.
April 23: Today at the Kaiser Family Foundation, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah launched the “Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday” campaign to end preventable child deaths. Administrator Shah spoke with The Guardian and the UN Dispatch, which highlighted the launch. The Global Post also wrote a story on the 5th Birthday campaign.
April 24: On the eve of World Malaria Day, US Global Malaria Coordinator Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer published an op-ed in The Hill, discussing the importance of malaria intervention and his first-hand experience distributing malaria bed nets in Ghana.
April 25: In an interview with Federal News Radio, Assistant Administrator Mark Feierstein discussed USAID’s focus on strengthening its investments in local intuitions and working with previous aid recipients. For example, Feierstein cited Brazil, a long-time receipt of aid and now the sixth-largest economy in the world, as a USAID partner for agricultural development in Haiti and Mozambique. “Hopefully, we’ll see places like Mozambique and Haiti and elsewhere achieve the kinds of successes Brazil has in recent years,” Feierstein said.
