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What we know about WHO's new €1.5B primary health investment platform

26 March 2024

The World Health Organization and three development banks are crafting a platform focused on strengthening primary health systems in low- and middle-income countries. This is what we know so far.

Are local voices shaping USAID policies? A new report says: not quite

26 March 2024

"They may not speak in USAID acronyms. But for heaven’s sake, it’s important to try to pick their minds,” says Moses Isooba, the executive director of the Uganda National NGO Forum.

UK’s failure to tackle aid budget fraud blamed on cuts and merger

26 March 2024

Just £2.2 million of fraud was found from an aid budget of £9.9 billion — a 0.02% detection rate way below the likely true figure of between 0.5% and 5%, a watchdog reveals.

House committee passes bill to make local funding easier for USAID

22 March 2024

Coined the Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act, the bipartisan legislation would ease complexities in USAID's grantmaking process.

The labor fight roiling a pro-democracy organization

26 March 2024

At the international democracy organization IFES, a new staff union and a former United Nations crisis negotiator-turned-CEO are trading allegations of anti-democratic behavior.

The top Gates Foundation nonhealth awardees in 2023

25 March 2024

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent $6.3 billion in 2023, majority went to health, but $1.3 billion went into other program areas. We looked at the other program areas and listed the top awardees.

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Opinion: How cooperation and data are the key to locally led development

28 March 2024

Why is data so often missing from conversations about locally led development? The International Cooperative Research Group’s Judith A. Hermanson highlights the transformative role localized cooperative research and data collection can play.