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Let's celebrate to accelerate
Ten years ago today, at a small press conference in New York, Bono and Bill Gates launched an activist entity called DATA, with start-up funds from Mr Gates, George Soros and Ed Scott.I was one of the founders, along with Bobby Shriver and Lucy Matthew, and appointed the executive ... More
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Time to take 'neglected' out of neglected tropical diseases
This morning in London, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the US, UK and UAE governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organizations announced a new plan to eliminate or control 10 neglected tropical diseases, which disproportionally affect 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people ... More
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Project HEART: A success story
Last week, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) celebrated the transition of Project HEART to local partners, after eight years of putting hundreds of thousands of patients on life-saving ARV treatment. Kevin Kouassi, Community HIV Counselor from Dimbokro, Cote d’Ivoire, and Project HEART beneficiary, counsels a young pregnant ... More
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10 years of lives saved through the Global Fund
In celebration of the Global Fund's 10th anniversary, ONE Global Health Policy Manager Erin Hohlfelder reflects on the organization's accomplishments over the years. When I was ten, I was busy doing important things like mastering long division, practicing softball and rocking the plastic glasses/bowl cut combo. While ... More
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Making USAID more transparent: an interview with Tony Pipa
Last week, the Brookings Institution hosted an event on US Aid and Transparency for Global Development. Administrator Rajiv Shah of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) gave a speech focused on the ways that USAID is fulfilling a government-wide commitment to increase transparency and accountability, both in relation to ... More
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Countries prioritize sustainable energy for 2012 at World Future Energy Summit
This week at the World Future Energy Summit in Abi Dhabi, the UN officially declared 2012 the “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.” This declaration marks the increased recognition of and support for tackling energy poverty. World leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the World Future Energy SummitIn the ... More
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ONE Congratulates the Global Fund on its 10th Anniversary
This week, ONE celebrates the 10 years of life-saving results achieved by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria-an innovative, transparent mechanism that is saving more than 100,000 lives every month. MORE
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ONE Statement on FY2012 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
While budgets overall are going down, ONE is grateful Congress made difficult decisions to prioritize funding for programs that are delivering results - programs that combat HIV/AIDS, provide childhood vaccines that protect kids from deadly, yet entirely preventable diseases, and equip farmers with the necessary skills to help feed their families and put measures in place to prevent future food crises from occurring. MORE
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ONE Applauds President Obama’s Bold HIV/AIDS Initiatives
At the World AIDS Day event hosted today by ONE and (RED), President Obama made a bold commitment that will turn a new chapter in the 30-year battle against HIV/AIDS. If other world leaders show the same level of focus and determination, it is entirely possible we will soon see the beginning of the end of AIDS. MORE