USAID Impact Photo Credit: Nancy Leahy/USAID

Tag archives for India

Success in India Paramount to Ending Preventable Child Deaths Globally

Posted by  on Tuesday, February 12th 2013     
Ariel Pablos-Mendez, PhD, is the Assistant Administrator for Global Health

As I told DevEx during India’s Call to Action Summit, “success in India is paramount to see the global success and vision of ending preventable child deaths in this generation.” Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Accelerating Innovation and Impact in Global Health

Posted by  on Monday, February 11th 2013     
A child peers around the corner in the waiting room of the HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic of Meru District Hospital in Kenya’s Eastern province as two pediatricians stand in the background. Photo credit: Mia Collis, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Global health practitioners are recognizing the need to look beyond their traditional operating models and seek new solutions to reach the world’s most vulnerable. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

India’s Leadership Furthers Global Child Survival Movement

Posted by  on Thursday, February 7th 2013     
William Hammink speaks at opening press conference for India's Call to Action on February 3, 2013. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy

India’s Call to Action demonstrates leadership and commitment to both the global community and the children of India. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Photo of the Week: Saving Children in India

Posted by  on Wednesday, February 6th 2013     
Unicef India

February 7 marks the start of the National Summit on “Call to Action for Child Survival and Development Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Ethiopia Hosts African Leaders to Accelerate Gains in Child Survival

Posted by  on Wednesday, January 16th 2013     
Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom opens the African Leadership for Child Survival meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNICEF

Today it was an honor for me to join African colleagues in health and development at the opening of the African Leadership for Child Survival – A Promise Renewed. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

FrontLines Year in Review: Fighting Modern Day Slavery

Posted by  on Friday, January 11th 2013     
Since 2009, USAID’s Actions to Combat Trafficking-in-Persons program has been working closely with the Government of Bangladesh to help survivors of human trafficking through counseling and life skills training. Photo credit: Winrock International

Since 2005, USAID and the Government of Bangladesh have collaborated to address human trafficking on two fronts: by preventing it and by alleviating the suffering of its victims. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

No Mountain Too High: Saving the Snow Leopards, Ecosystems and Communities of High Asia

Posted by  on Tuesday, December 4th 2012     
Officials from 12 countries attended a three-day conference on the snow leopard in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on December 1-3, 2012. Photo Credit: USAID

Today is Wildlife Conservation Day, and USAID’s missions around the world are raising awareness of the interconnectedness between human and wildlife welfare in developing countries.

Read the rest of this entry »

Leading the Way in Enterprise Development

Posted by  on Saturday, November 24th 2012     
Svetkul Akmatova (center, in the traditional blue Kyrgyz jacket) and members of her organization, Altyn Kol Women's Handicraft Cooperative, busily prepare wool for their handmade carpets. Photo Credit: B. Jakypova, American Council for International Education

Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting U.S. small businesses, is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of women-owned and managed small businesses around the world. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Games Bring Social Change to Developing Worlds

Posted by  on Friday, November 16th 2012     
Children play the Half the Sky mobile games in Kenya. Photo credit: Ed Owles, Worldview

The Half the Sky Movement is excited to announce the release of three mobile phone games in India and Kenya. Read more >>

Read the rest of this entry »

Designing for Women: The Mobile Challenge

Posted by  on Sunday, September 23rd 2012     
smartphones

Imagine if you picked up a smartphone and didn’t know how to use it. What must it be like to have such a powerful device in the palm of your hand and not be able to utilize it? For many technically illiterate women in the developing world, navigating a smartphone or even a more basic feature phone is a real challenge. Read more>>

Read the rest of this entry »

« Older Entries