Europe and Africa: a partnership of equals? The UN launches a $678 million appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan What the average American thinks we spend on foreign aid And, since everyone seems be talking about it, the SNL (read: Andy Samberg) take on world history Enjoy! As soon as finals give me some time […]
I’ve just returned from a drumming ceremony commemorating World AIDS Day 2010. In my more jaded moments, it’s easy to dismiss these sorts of days as attempts by silos of the public health community to get their share of the limelight. But for those living with HIV and on the front lines of the fight, […]
This month was the biannual International Anti-Corruption Conference, which took place this year in Bangkok. The conference is an opportunity for a large portion of the world’s people who are thinking about corruption to get together, share ideas, learn what’s new, and of course schmooze (a bit). The theme of the conference this year was […]
Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Ushahidi’s roots are in the collaboration of Kenyan citizen journalists during a time of crisis. The website was used to map incidents of violence and peace […]
The United States federal court convicted two Liberian men on Tuesday of conspiring to steal more than $1.4 million in U.S. aid from World Vision. Prosecutors said the two Liberians had sold nearly all of World Vision’s food aid; auditors said a third of it was allocated to towns that did not exist.
INSEAD recently hosted a conference in Paris on the future of the healthcare industry. They had a number of interesting speakers, including Harpal Singh of Fortis Healthcare. Fortis is a leading provider of hospitals in India, and currently the fastest growing. Their investor presentation provides a look into the future of the business of healthcare […]
Several UK aid workers/activitsts have had their ship, part of the Road to Hope effort to deliver aid to Gaza, “seized” by Greek Commandos. While the aid workers remain in questionably safe surroundings (they have access to a couch and water, but “not drinking” water), it’s worth pointing out several interesting aspects of this hijacking: 1) […]
The winner of the recycled-vuvuzela competition in South Africa has been announced: earrings! I actually think they look quite nice.
What does the status of women have to do with health outcomes? Karen Grepin posted an interesting set of statistics a few days ago in her article, Men are Dogs. Aren’t they? Most people intuitively believe that serodiscordancy (when one partner in a steady relationship is HIV-positive and the other is not) is a result of the […]
I recently finished this book (and stole the photo from Amazon!), which was…interesting. Here’s the blurb from Publisher’s Weekly: Ah, to be young, Western and ambitious in a war zone. It’s the early 1990s, and Cain and Postlewait are two American U.N. employees sent to Cambodia to help the country rebuild itself after two decades […]
This past Tuesday marked the annual release of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Transparency International’s opportunity to name and shame all over the world. This year, as in most years, there were few surprises: the index is actually designed to favor stability over dramatic changes in order not to unduly punish countries that experience an […]
Today, read this: a most fantastic discussion about the Kristof “Do-It-Yourself” Foreign aid op-ed that came out recently. Do you agree with the criticisms raised in this piece? Or are you solidly on Team Kristof?
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