Despite the expected Northern Hemisphere summer lull, August has kept us on our toes — we’ve been covering global events from the crisis in Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover to the ongoing political turmoil in Haiti exacerbated by an earthquake and tropical cyclone; as well as West Africa’s first confirmed case of Marburg virus disease and the first Ebola case in decades in Côte d’Ivoire.
For our Pro subscribers, we took our coverage deeper and explored innovations in mental health services spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, IFRC chief Jagan Chapagain’s fears of “a lost generation” post-COVID-19, and the top health donors in Afghanistan.
Here’s a look at our top-read Devex Pro stories for August:
1. Afghanistan's top aid donors and how much was spent for gender equality. For the past 10 years, Afghanistan has received more than $50 billion in official development assistance. The top 10 donors accounted for 86% of that, with the United States alone representing 42% of the total funding.
2. Highlights of FCDO’s pipeline for the next 3 years. We analyzed FCDO’s newly released commercial pipeline for the third quarter of the year to see the planned programs from the U.K. government department.
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3. WHO's top 10 suppliers in 2020. Driven by pandemic response-related procurement, the World Health Organization saw the largest increase in procurement spending among U.N. agencies in 2020. Here’s a roundup of the agency's top contract suppliers.
4. IDB's top consultants revealed. We examined thousands of contracts over the past two years to identify the Inter-American Development Bank’s top 10 consulting firms, based on total contract value.
5. Antimicrobial resistance: The silent pandemic killing 700,000 a year. Following a global push for countries to develop plans on tackling antimicrobial resistance, rollouts of these efforts remain slow and funding scarce.
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