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News Articles: foreign aid

President Joe Biden speaks at the virtual Global COVID-19 Summit on Sept. 22, 2021, in Washington, D.C. On May 12, the White House will host the second Global COVID-19 Summit.

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  • Global Health

5 big ideas for the White House's Global COVID Summit

We asked experts from around the world: What would they like to see on the agenda for this virtual event. Their ideas include fair pay for all health workers — and a makeover for foreign aid.

May 11, 2022
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By:
  • KAMALA THIAGARAJAN
USAID Administrator Samantha Power delivered a speech on her "new vision" for the agency on Nov. 4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

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  • Global Health

New USAID director aims to shake up 60-year-old aid agency. Here's her 'new vision'

Like any government agency, the biggest American foreign aid group has its problems. This week, its new administrator Samantha Power outlined her solutions.

November 05, 2021
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
A man cleans a rooftop as the sun sets over the embattled Pedregal neighborhood of Tegucigalpa.

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  • Latin America

Can U.S. Aid Make Honduras More Livable? One Group Tries to Slow Out-Migration

The Association for a More Just Society, is one of many organizations working in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to address societal ills that are driving migrants north to the U.S. border.

May 25, 2021
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By:
  • John Burnett
East Alabama Medical Center nurse Harvard Graham checks fluids for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit this month in Opelika, Ala.

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  • Analysis

What's At Stake With Trump's Threat: COVID-19 Relief And A Government Shutdown

President Trump has introduced a round of Christmas chaos that imperils direct payments to millions of Americans suffering due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Nana (left) gets her birth control implant checked by Dr. Jean Rangomana during the Marie Stopes International mobile clinic in Besakoa, Madagascar, on April 9, 2018. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances in Madagascar, and Trump administration policies led to shortages of birth control there, health workers say.

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  • Global Health

Under Trump, New Anti-Abortion Rules Shook Fragile Health Systems Around the World

President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president since Ronald Reagan.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
The U.S. Agency for International Development is one of the largest official foreign aid organizations in the world. An executive order from the Trump administration said there would be consequences if its diversity training programs were to continue.

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  • Global Health

Why Diversity Training Has Been Suspended At USAID

The suspension followed an executive order from the Trump administration that called such workplace programs "divisive," "anti-American," racist against white people and sexist against men.

October 27, 2020
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By:
  • Joanne Lu

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