Adrian Lovett
When Korea first hosted the G20 summit in 2010, Seoul was, for many visitors like me back then, a glimpse into the future. As leaders gathered to plot a way forward for a world still reeling from the worst financial crisis in a generation, Korea was already a remarkable story of progress, opportunity and transformation.
The Seoul that exists in the world’s imagination today is even more remarkable — a city whose music fills stadiums from London to Los...
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Who would have thought that one of the most powerful ways to strengthen a health system could start with something as simple as a hot, nutritious meal?
For Isabelle Kamariza, the pattern became impossible to ignore while visiting public hospitals in Rwanda. Patients were receiving medical care, yet many still lacked consistent access to nutritious food — something essential to recovery, resilience, and long-term health. It exposed a deeper challenge within the system itself: healthcare could not truly work at its full potential if nutrition...
Here's everything you need to know about how we're celebrating Africa Day in Brussels.
ONE is participating in the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2026 in Washington, DC, joining global leaders, policymakers, and economists to shape discussions on African debt, global health financing, and sustainable economic growth.
At the 2026 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, ONE is engaging across key issues that will define development priorities for Africa and the global economy.
Why this matters
The World Bank Spring Meetings 2026 and IMF Spring Meetings come at a critical moment:
Global health programs require urgent and sustained financing.
Many African countries face rising borrowing costs...
What was supposed to be a fun group trip quickly became something no one had planned for.
As Joseph Nguthiru and his group set out across Lake Naivasha in Kenya, their boat slowed to a halt, trapped in thick mats of water hyacinth that had covered the water’s surface. The invasive plant had spread rapidly across the lake’s surface, disrupting boat movement, threatening fish populations, and putting local livelihoods at risk.
Water hyacinth is one of the world’s fastest-growing aquatic plants. When left unchecked, it blocks sunlight, reduces oxygen...
Security spending across OECD countries has become increasingly one-dimensional. In response to great-power rivalry and acute conflicts - from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan - governments have sharply expanded military budgets while scaling back the very investments that help prevent crises from emerging in the first place.
Our new report, The Security Paradox, shows that heavily prioritizing defense spending while underfunding development and diplomacy is not only insufficient, but it also actively undermines long-term security.
Using the established 3D framework—Defense, Development, and...
Breaking stigma is essential to expanding access to health care — and that’s exactly what our Futuremaker, Taonga Banda, is doing in Lusaka, Zambia.
With support from the Global Fund, Taonga founded Pink Girls, a community-led program that empowers and educates adolescent girls and young women living with HIV/AIDS. In Zambia, adolescent girls and young women represent a disproportionate share of new HIV infections, making stigma reduction, education, and youth-centered health services critical to ending the epidemic.
Born HIV-positive herself, Taonga...
Every child deserves a safe place to grow, learn, and simply be a child — a belief that drives Nokuthula Heath’s work at Zoë-Life in Durban, South Africa.
Through Zoë-Life’s community-led health model, Nokuthula supports children living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) while also addressing childhood trauma. By combining health care, psychosocial support, and education, Zoë-Life helps children and families navigate complex health challenges with dignity and care.
Founded in Durban, Zoë-Life is a powerful example of how local leadership can...
The 7th AU–EU Summit delivered welcome language on fairer finance, stronger health systems and youth engagement, but stopped short of concrete commitments. Key gaps remain on youth mobility and global health funding. As leaders move to draft the implementation plan, ONE will keep pushing to turn these promises into real action for young people.
For millions of people worldwide, access to essential medicines and healthcare can make the between life and death, and between a life constrained by illness or one filled with possibility. When communities are protected from infectious diseases, people can work, children can go to school, and economies can thrive.
Over the past two decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria – progress largely made possible by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...