Revealing Africa’s hidden growth

Almost every week on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition’s blog, someone from our 30 member organizations tells another story illustrating the inspiring and tremendous impact frontline health workers are making in saving and improving lives around the world. What might not be as well known is that, according to USAID, 0.0000087 percent of the US budget in 2011 went to global health programs, including programs that help thousands of frontline health workers save millions of lives.

Since December 2011, Uganda’s traditional donors led by the World Bank indefinitely withheld their aid on account of runaway corruption. As a result of some of the reforms the government has just undertaken, this week several countries are in reviewing whether to reinstate the aid or stay away a bit longer to push the government to undertake more reforms. The funds involved amount to USD$300 million and for Uganda’s economy, that is not pocket change.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida’s 25th Congressional district took the time to talk to ONE in his office in Congress last month. Rep. Diaz-Balart is known for being one of the most bipartisan members of Congress, and as a member of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, he’s a great champion of our fight to end extreme poverty. He’s also been a great ONE supporter – he’s been meeting with ONE members from Florida since 2007.

In our interview, Rep. Diaz-Balart talked to us about Bono, his wife Tia’s humanitarian efforts, why he thinks US foreign assistance is such a bipartisan issue, and what he plans to do to help keep the IA budget off the chopping block.

What if you could take a fraction of a penny and use it to help build a health system? Believe it. It takes only a fraction of a single penny per American taxpayer dollar to train a global health workforce—a workforce that will reach millions through treatment, prevention and counseling services.

Every time I travel abroad, I find myself thinking, “you should know by now there’s only so much you can learn about global health from behind a desk.” This held true as recently as last week, when I had the privilege of helping staff a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to South Africa.

ONE Regional Field Director Brian Sweeney reflects on the importance of advocacy and the significance of the voice of constituents. As many of you know, in just a matter of weeks the US budget funding for global AIDS, hunger and poverty will be slashed – unless our elected officials act. This week, I joined fellow Pennsylvania

Close your eyes and picture Africa. What do you see? Starving children? Drought? Conflict? If so, it’s not your fault. Quite often, it’s the only image painted by the media. Keep track of most mainstream news source’s coverage of Africa and you’ll rarely find anything other than stories of the impoverished and victimized. You would

I’m a big fan of maps. They help me to work out how to get from where I am to where I want to be. They help me to find the things that I need. They help me to make arrangements to meet up with friends. They help me to make the best use of

This post was originally published today in the Huffington Post UK. This week we celebrated Nelson Mandela’s birthday and it is a time for us to reflect on the achievements of the great man. I was lucky enough to share a stage with him in Trafalgar Square in 2005 for Make Poverty History. Today we

This blog is part of a series organized by The Huffington Post and the NGO alliance InterAction to call attention to the crisis in the Sahel, a region in sub-Saharan Africa where more than 18 million people face starvation and 1.1 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of dying from acute

This piece by Gregory Adams was originally published on Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog. Most people probably weren’t paying attention to the Washington Post business page on Dec 25. (Myself, I was trying to corral two toddlers and navigate a sea of Legos and torn paper). But for people in poor countries who are

Ahead of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in South Korea this week, we asked you to send messages of support to Secretary Clinton to make bold commitments on transparent and accountable aid. And as part of the ONE Act a Week, almost 100 of you responded! In this PDF you can read the