The COVID-19 pandemic is the starkest example of how a global health crisis can have catastrophic and far-reaching consequences – in 25 weeks, efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and preventable disease were set back nearly 25 years. Over 150 million people are expected to slip into extreme poverty in 2021, marking the first global increase in extreme poverty in two decades. As the Biden administration faces these remarkable global challenges, global development experts remain optimistic that a renewed American commitment...
Isabel dos Santos is Africa’s richest woman, worth an estimated $3 billion. She has amassed a global empire of businesses, luxury apartments, and artwork, and built a reputation as a self-made woman who succeeded through hard work and determination. But reporting by investigative journalists has revealed she may have used secrecy and her government connections to help amass her fortune. Those connections included her father, who was president of Angola for 38 years until he stepped down in 2017. Dos...
Dr. Jen Kates is senior vice president and director of global health & HIV policy at The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Actress Connie Britton interviewed Dr. Kates as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say. One of the ongoing challenges that comes up again and again, whether you’re talking about testing capacity, supplies, or what’s going to happen when there’s a vaccine, is this tendency for everyone to pull inward and not realize...
Senator Bill Frist is a doctor and former US Senator from Tennessee. We interviewed Senator Frist as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what he had to say in the interview. We’ve got an enemy that is a virus that knows no borders. It doesn’t need visas or passports so the universality of that enemy is global. The challenge is that it’s a stealth virus: unlike most viruses where you’re infectious when you’re symptomatic, in this case, you may...
During these uncertain times, snippets of good news are more rewarding than ever. That’s why we have our eyes on Senegal. Senegal is emerging as one of the world’s leaders in the fight against COVID-19. In April, the country has seen a decrease in the number of hospitalised patients, Senegal’s coronavirus-related deaths remain low, and the country has clocked the highest rate of recovery of coronavirus patients in Africa. Here’s a look at four ways Senegal is innovating in it’s COVID-19...
At ONE, we strive to build a better world for everyone, everywhere by fighting to end extreme poverty and preventable disease. We’ve spent nearly two decades campaigning for progress by advocating for access to education, gender equality and connectivity, the elimination of gender-based violence, investment into energy and agriculture, and, of course, health. In recent months, it’s become painfully clear how critical good global health and strong health systems are to our collective ability to live safe and productive lives....
COVID-19 is a global pandemic that requires a global response to smother its ever-increasing reach. In the wake of its spread though, ONE staff have been awed to witness the incredible acts of humanity taking place to protect those most in need and to help flatten the curve. Across the globe, people are banding together in solidarity to support the heroes on the frontlines and do their parts to stop the spread. We put an open call out to our...
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to evolve, our ONE team understands that this is a challenging and difficult time, and we are thinking of you all. This pandemic is affecting both our local neighborhoods and our global community in an unprecedented way. As we adjust to this temporary reality, these unsettling times remind us why our mission is so important. As we’ve painfully seen with COVID-19, diseases don’t respect borders and the need for collective action on global health...
Chances are, most people you talk to would likely agree that it’s important to end poverty. But, if you were to ask all those people to explain poverty, chances are you would get a lot of different answers. Poverty is complicated, and there’s no one answer to what it means. On top of that, there are a number of causes and solutions. That’s why we’ve put together a quick explainer on poverty, why it matters, and what you can do...
Throughout history and across cultures, women and girls have faced innumerable challenges and injustices. We’re taking a moment to recognize 12 women who overcame adversity, broke through barriers, and changed the world. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf took office as the president of Liberia in January 2006, becoming the first elected woman head of state in Africa. She signed a Freedom of Information bill (the first of its kind in West Africa) and made reduction of the national debt...