PEPFAR has hit a bump as it seeks to renew its legal authorization. It also faces potential budget cuts if conservative groups get their way.
Also in today’s edition: SOS Children's Villages is forced to face up to its sins, and we look at cybersecurity in development.
We talk about burning down the house to get rid of bed bugs, but what if the bed bugs aren't even there? Conservative and anti-abortion activists seem to be doing just that in trying to sell the idea that the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is a funding source for abortion — when it’s not.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
