Mark Dybul warns aid sector it must fundamentally change its ways

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s broadside against U.S. foreign assistance, many aid advocates have voiced a familiar refrain: “Yes we know the system needs reform but …”

It seems not a lot of self-reflection is going into the part before the “but.”

Amid the current maelstrom, Mark Dybul — a renowned global health expert who helped usher in the landmark U.S. HIV/AIDS initiative known as PEPFAR — sought to present a more optimistic, yet self-critical, narrative for the aid community in a recent Devex Pro Briefing.

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