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    Development News Round-up: New Health Grant Programs, GHI Boosts Focus Countries, Education Support for Developing Countries, and More

    By Aimee Rae Ocampo // 08 November 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • Donors Pledge More Funds for Global Education Projects

    • Global Health Initiative Names More Focus Countries

    • Gates Foundation Unveils New Health Grant Programs

    • Brazil, WFP Partner Against Hunger

    • US Congress Releases Some Aid for Palestinian Authority

    • Despite European Funding, Education in Uganda Region Needs Improvement

    • Cambodia Distributes 2.7M Insecticide-treated Nets in Bid to Beat Malaria

    • US Senate Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Cuts

    • No to Cholera Funding Cuts in Haiti

    Other must-reads:

    • Netherlands-funded FAO Project Boost Community Involvement in Mongolia’s Forestry Management

    • AECID Stresses Microfinance is Gateway to Social Opportunities, Jobs, Poverty Alleviation

    • Belgium Confirms $28.9M 2011 Contribution to Global Fund

    • Lancet to Discuss Results of New Study in Time for World Pneumonia Day

    • World Bank Renews Commitment to Suriname’s Country Development Efforts

    • MicroPact’s Entellitrak Business Process Management Platform Food for Peace Program’s Pick to Help Assess Effectiveness of Global Food Aid Programs

    • Slovakia Lags on Foreign Aid Commitment

    • Pulled Out due to Arab Spring, Idle Japanese Aid Workers Paid $1.8M

    • US Mission Invests $19M in Food Security Initiative in Uganda

    • Poor Palestinians Receive Food Aid for Eid al-Adha

    • Clinton to Urge US, Other Countries to Harness Latest Science to Stem HIV, AIDS Pandemic

    • Abt Associates Awarded $15.4M Project to Improve Reproductive Health, Family Planning in Nigeria

    • Vietnam, Luxembourg to Continue Indicative Cooperation Program for 2011-2015

    • Declining TB Research, Development Funding

    • Malteser to Provide 3-Month Food Supply to Cambodia Flood Victims

    • Americares Sends Medica Aid, Nutritional Supplements to Central America

    • In Uganda, EU to Explore Innovating Financing for Agricultural Sector via PPPs

    • Uganda Receives $604M EU Funding for Infrastructure, Rural Development

    • Latin America and Carribean Gain Access to $200M in Climate Change Financing

    • IMF Approves 3-Year Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Interim Debt Relief Assistance for Côte d’Ivoire

    • Australia Shuns Critics on Rail Rehabilitation Project in Cambodia

    • Gates Foundation Funds Third World Sanitation Proposal

    • Concord: EU Policies Continue to Undermine Rights in Developing Countries

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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      Aimee Rae Ocampo

      As former Devex editor for business insight, Aimee created and managed multimedia content and cutting-edge analysis for executives in international development.

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