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Blog Post
September 09, 2011
In 9 days, the UN High Level Summit will meet to discuss the detrimental effects of noncommunicable disease (NCDs) and what can be done to mitigate them. If raising awareness was a goal, the meeting has already been a success. Media coverage on global NCD has exploded (see here, here, and here to st...
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August 22, 2011
Looming budget cuts for FY2012 and recent reports about the decline in AIDS funding from the USG in FY2010 relative to FY2009 have triggered the classic Washington, D.C. tug-of-war; global health and development advocates are pushing to maintain funding levels, if not to increase them, and the U.S....
Blog Post
August 15, 2011
While the developed world commits itself to austerity measures and slashes aid budgets across the board, emerging economies are increasingly using foreign aid and direct investment to increase their soft power and global clout. In two articles this week, The Economist reports that India plans to set...