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Wellcome's top grantees in fiscal year 2024-2025
9 March 2026Wellcome awarded nearly £1.2 billion during FY24/25. Who got the most funding? Which global south organizations got the most of the pot? Devex crunched the numbers to find out.
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US launches $4.5B platform inviting NGO support for bilateral health deals
9 March 2026The State Department launched a funding platform that gives insight into how the Trump administration plans to engage entities around global health. INGOs, local NGOs, faith-based organizations, companies, universities, and government entities are eligible to apply.
Where did the top donors spend their bilateral ODA in 2024?
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Stop pretending USAID’s takedown was about doing development better
9 March 2026Opinion: The apparent lack of interest in the future of U.S. assistance from political leadership at the State Department shows that we are, in fact, in a battle for the soul of U.S. foreign policy.