Apr 24th, 2012 4:44 PM UTC
By Pearl Alice Marsh
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Heart-surgeon and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has a compelling op-ed today in “The Week” that gives five good reasons not to cut global health investments — even in these tough economic times.
Because of the generosity of American citizens, millions of lives are saved in poor countries all over the world. From Africa to Latin America to Asia and the Caribbean, US taxpayers are sending life-saving drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS, vaccines for children, anti-malarial bed nets, and so much more to millions of grateful mothers, fathers and children in need — and all for less than 1 percent of the federal budget.
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Sep 20th, 2011 10:26 AM UTC
By Pearl Alice Marsh
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Pearl Alice Marsh from ONE’s policy team explains what it takes to get food aid safely to those who need it most.
The crisis in the Horn of Africa presents a major logistical challenge for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other international humanitarian organizations responding to the crisis. But moving emergency food to destinations in Somalia is particularly challenging. It requires procuring and moving large amounts of food from all corners of the globe through treacherous waters and vulnerable ports, roads and bridges, to incredibly hard-to-reach places in one of the most dangerous locations on earth.
Boxes of food aid from USAID. Photo credit: Josh Lozman/ONE
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