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    Devex Newswire: Audit thwarts payments for major African health initiative

    Audit of a major African health initiative uncovers a financial mess, leaving workers to pay the price; philanthropy’s lukewarm attention to climate change; and the danger of YouTubers engaging in "philanthropic escapade."

    By Anna Gawel // 13 November 2023

    We bring you the latest in our exclusive report on how the largest public health partnership between a global philanthropic organization and an African institution hit a wall that left workers without paychecks.

    Also in today’s edition: Philanthropy takes a lukewarm approach to climate change, and a YouTube influencer’s attempt to do a bit of good generates some blowback.

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      Anna Gawel is the Managing Editor of Devex. She previously worked as the managing editor of The Washington Diplomat, the flagship publication of D.C.’s diplomatic community. She’s had hundreds of articles published on world affairs, U.S. foreign policy, politics, security, trade, travel and the arts on topics ranging from the impact of State Department budget cuts to Caribbean efforts to fight climate change. She was also a broadcast producer and digital editor at WTOP News and host of the Global 360 podcast. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Maryland in College Park.

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