USAID in the News
Weekly Briefing (10/10/2011 – 10/14/2011) October 8: Over the weekend, The New York Times published an editorial supporting the budgets for the State Department and foreign aid. “Savings squeezed from...
View ArticleAvoiding Future Famines: We Have the Tools
The Horn of Africa is facing the worst drought in 60 years, with famine now affecting parts of Somalia. It doesn’t have to be this way. Droughts are cyclical and will continue to occur. They don’t have...
View ArticleIn Rome, Land Governance Negotiations Move Forward
The U.S. is chairing the UN FAO Committee for Food Security’s intergovernmental negotiations on Voluntary Guidelines for the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VG). To date, these negotiations...
View ArticleUSAID in the News
Weekly Briefing (4/9/2012 – 4/13/2012) April 9: Returning from a recent trip to Ethiopia, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah told Voice of America that assistance to the country’s health sector has...
View ArticleReliable Family Planning Supply Chain Delivers Better Health and Prosperity...
“I started using contraceptives after I gave birth to my second child,” said Birtukan Bezabih, a 25-year-old married mother of three in southern Ethiopia. “I did not know that I was pregnant with my...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week
Learn more about Abebaw’s story and view the full photoset on Flickr.
View ArticleStrategic Help for Global Health Care
This post originally appeared in Politico. People often ask me what the global health community can do to have more impact. The answer is easy: We could be more like Tsion Berhanu. I met Berhanu the...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Reflections on the Humanitarian Response in the Horn
The one-year anniversary of the famine declaration in Somalia is a somber reminder of the continuing crisis and an opportunity to reflect on the need for communities to come together to help those in...
View ArticleOne Year after Famine: the Need for a Continued Comprehensive Response
The United States’ commitment and long-term work with Ethiopia, Kenya, and many of their neighbors have reduced the populations’ vulnerability to crises like this one and greatly reduced the need for...
View ArticleLooking Back on Famine and A Smarter Response in the Horn
As a member of USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team in Somalia, I witnessed the crisis firsthand. Read more >>
View ArticleCollective Action to Advance the Health of Women and Newborns
Global maternal mortality has dropped by one third since 1990, but still every day an estimated 1,000 women lose their life in childbirth. For the past year, USAID, the UK Department for International...
View ArticleUSAID at 50: Improving Health Services in Ethiopia
To commemorate USAID’s 50th anniversary and the concentrated efforts to improve health in Ethiopia, USAID co-sponsored the 2011 annual Every One Campaign Race to raise awareness about maternal and...
View ArticleUSAID in the News
Weekly Briefing (10/2/2011 – 10/7/2011) October 3: Foreign Policy’s “The Cable” blog reports that USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah is traveling to Ethiopia and Kenya this week to visit areas affected...
View ArticleUSAID Hosts Annual Ramadan Iftar
Last night, together with USDA, we hosted our 10th annual Iftar—a tradition also reflected in the field as Missions host dinners in recognition of this important time. As President Obama has said,...
View ArticleChampioning a Food-Secure Future
We’ve seen a lot of amazing feats the past few days as the 2012 Olympics take place in London. Team USA (and maybe I’m a little biased) has been particularly impressive: The U.S. women’s soccer team...
View ArticleFrom Conflict to Coping
Last summer, amidst the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in generations, Mercy Corps received encouraging news from local officials in the Somali-Oromiya region of Ethiopia. In this area – long known...
View ArticleLive at UNGA – Day Three
Day three at UNGA included two marquee events spotlighting progress to date on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
View ArticleWe Live in a Hungry World
"No matter how dramatic the images of people receiving food aid, it’s the daily, personal reminders of what it means to be hungry, and what we are doing to address that hunger for the long-term, which...
View ArticleAid Effectiveness and USAID’s New Resilience Policy
USAID’s new policy "Resilience" is about using existing development dollars more effectively in disaster prone regions Read more >>
View ArticleFrontLines Year in Review: Catching Ethiopians Before They Fall
Today, one of Africa’s largest social safety nets does not just protect against chronic food insecurity, it helps communities weather the future. Read more >>
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