Financing and Aid Effectiveness
At the United Nations General Assembly last September, the World Bank announced a new Global Financing Facility (GFF) for women’s, children’s, and adolescent’s health. The news came as a surprise to many working in the field of sexual and reproductive … Continue Reading
The President’s budget request for fiscal year 2016 released yesterday is a mixed bag for international family planning and reproductive health program funding. While the request for the main bilateral account that supports FP/RH activities is identical to last year’s … Continue Reading
Last summer, as African heads of state convened in Washington, D.C. for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the Washington Post published a quiz asking its readers to locate African countries on a map. The chart below summarizes the results of more … Continue Reading
This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. Sandwiched between the State of the Union address and the anniversary of Roe v. Wade is another January tradition: the release of Bill and Melinda Gates’ Annual Letter. International development practitioners … Continue Reading
As President Obama prepares to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress this evening, advocates of the U.S. government’s investments in international family planning and reproductive health programs need to be reminded of … Continue Reading
