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Saving Lives Today, Saving Costs Tomorrow: Why USAID Invests in Immunization

Posted by  on Thursday, April 28th 2016     
A young boy receives an oral polio vaccine in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The incidence of polio has fallen by more than 99 percent over the past three decades. / Kendra Helmer, USAID

Investing in vaccines is a best buy in global health — for every dollar invested, $16 in health care costs is averted. As the global community celebrates World Immunization Week, Katie Taylor describes why USAID invests in sustained and sustainable immunization systems.

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Building Back Together: Nepal, One Year Later

Posted by  on Monday, April 25th 2016     
USAID recovery and reconstruction projects, like Baliyo Ghar, train construction professionals and homeowners on how to build back safer using local materials and earthquake-resistant best practices. / Laxman Shrestha for USAID/Nepal

A year ago today, a devastating 7.8 earthquake took 9,000 lives and injured 25,000 people. As we put the past year behind us, Mission Director Peter Malnak takes a look back at what USAID helped accomplish together with the people of Nepal.

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The Real Heroes Behind USAID’s Nepal Earthquake Response

Posted by  on Monday, April 25th 2016     

One year ago, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, killing 9,000 people and destroying 605,000 houses. Within hours, USAID deployed a DART with urban search-and-rescue experts to help save lives. Our DART leader talks about the unsung heroes of the response.

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As the World Focuses on Zika, Malaria Continues its Deadly Toll

Posted by  on Friday, April 22nd 2016     
Nurse Agnes Nambuya gives Christine sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine drugs to prevent malaria in pregnancy. / Allan Gichigi, MCSP

What disease comes to mind when you hear the word mosquito? Probably, the Zika virus. However, don’t forget a more prevalent and deadly mosquito-borne disease — malaria.

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Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Youth in Jordan

Posted by  on Thursday, April 14th 2016     

USAID launches a program in Jordan to expand non-formal education to 28 new school-based centers. The effort aims to enhance the prospects of vulnerable, out-of-school youth, both Jordanian and Syrian.

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USAID Continues to Deliver on Aid Transparency

Posted by  on Wednesday, April 13th 2016     

USAID is committed to aid transparency and is making great strides in complying with the International Aid Transparency Initiative.

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Equipping Health Workers to Achieve an AIDS-free Generation

Posted by  on Tuesday, April 5th 2016     

As we celebrate World Health Worker Week, we recognize the tireless efforts of facility- and community-based health workers to achieve an AIDS-free generation, and we advocate that the international community continue to invest in them.

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Ending a Global Epidemic of Tuberculosis in Children

Posted by  on Thursday, March 24th 2016     
Atsede Tefera with her daughter, Nigist, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. / MSH Ethiopia

A new analysis reveals how a persistent divide between policy and practice threatens to impede progress on childhood TB in Africa. Join us on World TB Day to learn more about how we’re working to overcome this and fight TB — a preventable and curable disease.

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Empowering Women Through a Simple Purse

Posted by  on Monday, March 21st 2016     
Zubaida posing with the clean birthing kit. / Ayzh

USAID is committed to improving women and baby’s health during childbirth. Ayzh, supported by the Higher Education Solutions Network, develops low-cost, clean birth kits designed to meet the unique needs of women in low-resource settings.

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Adapting to Climate Change: How USAID is connecting cities to find solutions

Posted by  on Wednesday, March 16th 2016     
Oliver Sellers-Garcia, director of Somerville’s Sustainability and Environment Office, points out aspects of Somerville to Oscar Montes, director of La Ceiba’s Environment Office. / Nancy Leahy Martin, USAID

A program to share lessons learned in building resilience to climate change brings together city officials from two very different parts of the world — Somerville, Massachusetts and La Ceiba, Honduras. The two share more in common than meets the eye.

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