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The bipartisan Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act would promote foreign aid programs with a rigorous evidence base.

In a speech at CGD, USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced a new USAID initiative: promoting primary health care systems in developing countries. Will this welcomed initiative last beyond her tenure at the agency?

Antimicrobial resistance is a large—and growing—global health threat, causing more deaths each year than HIV/AIDS or malaria. Access to antimicrobials must be expanded, especially in low- and middle-income countries, which bear the brunt of the AMR burden. At the same time, antimicrobials must be protected from overuse and inappropriate use to ensure the drugs remain effective when needed. Replacements for drugs exhausted by high resistance levels come at a high cost, and market failures ...

With one in two children in India experiencing alarming levels of lead poisoning, the government and civil society representatives held consultations with international experts to consider a comprehensive national response to the issue.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. With one in two children in India experiencing alarming levels of lead poisoning, the government and civil society representatives held consultations with international experts to consider a comprehensive national response to the issue. India News | High-level Roundtable Meet in Delhi Deliberates on Lead Poisoning in Children.

With one in two children in India experiencing alarming levels of lead poisoning, the government and civil society representatives held consultations with inter

Magdolna Gozon nibbles spicy green peppers from a fruit and vegetable stall at a sprawling indoor market in Budapest, sampling them to make sure they’re hot enough for a soup she’s cooking. The 83-year-old retiree can’t afford to buy more if they don’t have enough kick — not with her small pension and Hungary facing…

Soon to become the world’s most populous country, passing China, India is undergoing a new and massive surge in COVID-19, caused by the rapid proliferation of the Omicron virus XBB.1.16.

China's global humanitarian assistance, actions and approaches have made it stand out as a practitioner of true multilateralism