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27bn/- gap in Health Basket Fund 12 27bn/- gap in Health Basket Fund ​​​​​​​CONTRIBUTIONS to the Health Basket Fund—a kitty supported by various development partners to improve health services in the country—have fallen by over 27bn/- from July 2020 to March this year. Presenting budget estimates to the National Assembly here yesterday, the Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Dr Dorothy Gwajima,  said the ministry received 59bn/- for the fund from July 2020 to March 2021, down from 86.2bn/- received from development partners for a simila...

At the IAS Secretariat The environmentally responsible practices currently taking place at the IAS Secretariat include: IAS staff use only glasses or mugs for beverages in order to discontinue the use of paper or plastic cups. In order to avoid plastic stirrers which are used only once, we use teaspoons (or stirrers made of recycled wood).    All batteries at the IAS are rechargeable and old batteries are always disposed of in a responsible manner.    A recycling station for PET plastic, glass, aluminium, cardboard & paper, Nespresso pods and other waste is used in the IAS kitchen.    ...

By Wasil Ahmad Akhtar For the last two decades Afghanistan has been dependent on aid from other countries. The country needs considerable resources to overcome on issues facing in the last five decades. In past two decades, many conferences were held for the renewal of commitments for reconstruction funds and securing a better future of Afghanistan. The Government of Afghanistan and its International Partners agreed on Afghanistan Partnership Framework (APF) as a result of 2020 Afghanistan Conference, 23-24 November, held in Geneva. Both, the Government of Afghanistan and the International Pa...

unaids.org UNAIDS “With the signature of the Paris Declaration, the city has committed to eliminate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and key populations, scale up HIV prevention services and contribute to achieving national targets to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,” said Andrea Boccardi, above left, the UNAIDS Country Director. “Through this public commitment, the city of Lima pledges to carry out the necessary actions to accelerate the response to AIDS, including education, awareness-raising and non-dis...

The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Simon MIZRAHI as Acting Director, Communication and External Relations Department (PCER), effective 16 December 2020. Simon is a British national who joined the Bank on the 10th of May 2009, as Head of Results Management Division. Before joining the African Development Bank, he worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), based in France, as Senior Policy Adviser, Aid Effectiveness Division (2001-2007) and as Deputy Head, Aid Effectiveness (2007-2009). As Deputy ...