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  • Save Africa's Children

    Oct. 22 2009

    Save Africa's Children (SAC) provides direct support and care to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty and war throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. SAC partners with individuals, churches, grassroots organizations, government and corporate sectors, endeavoring to build a dynamic, diverse movement to restore hope and a future for Africa's children. MORE

  • Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

    Oct. 13 2009

    Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria works to educate, engage and mobilize U.S. decision makers to support the Global Fund and the fight to end the worldwide burden of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. MORE

  • Global AIDS treatment surges to 4 million thanks to increased investments

    Sept. 30 2009

    ONE welcomed today's United Nations report that found the number of people being treated for AIDS worldwide surged to more than 4 million people last year, with enormous gains in several sub-Saharan African countries. MORE

  • Gates Foundation Launches “Living Proof” Campaign on ONE.org, Spotlighting African Success Stories

    Sept. 24 2009

    ONE today announced it would work closely with The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the Living Proof Project: Investments in Global Health are Working, a multi-year awareness campaign by the Gates Foundation to highlight the extraordinary success of the United States and other G8 government's efforts to improve health around the world. MORE

  • New Global Health Initiatives Bolster Smart Efforts Saving Lives in Africa

    Sept. 23 2009

    Anti-poverty group ONE welcomed two announcements today that will bolster smart efforts taking aim at preventable diseases in poor countries: an extra $1 billion in support of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and a new airline ticket program allowing airline customers to voluntarily contribute $2 each time they fly to help fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. MORE

  • “ONE Sabbath 2009-10” Launched to Inspire Action for World’s Poor

    Sept. 16 2009

    ONE today launched "ONE Sabbath 2009-10," a campaign to mobilize people of faith to speak out and take action in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. MORE

  • Child Mortality Drops Worldwide Thanks to Scaled Up, Smart Investments in Global Health

    Sept. 10 2009

    Thanks to scaled up support for simple, relatively inexpensive solutions like anti-malaria mosquito nets, measles vaccinations and vitamin supplements, the number of children dying before their fifth birthdays each year has been cut to the lowest level ever on record, 8.8 million, according to a report released today by Unicef. MORE

  • International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

    June 22 2009

    Founded in 1996 and operational in 24 countries, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a global not-for-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for use throughout the world MORE

  • Carolina for Kibera

    June 22 2009

    Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international organization based in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya focused on fighting abject poverty and preventing ethnic violence through sports, education, healthcare. MORE

  • 2009 G8 Summit

    June 16 2009

    The G8 countries only have a year before the Gleneagles commitments to the poorest are to be delivered, but some G8 countries, particularly the summit chair Italy, are falling dangerously behind.
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