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Press Release: The Life You Can Save and Founders Pledge Launch Rapid Response Fund to Sustain Critical Global Health and Development Programs
In the face of imminent federal funding cuts, the Fund will ensure that some of the world's highest-impact charities and programs can continue to function.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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AI-Powered Healthcare: Qatar’s Lillia Secures USD 1.7 Million Grant
Lillia aims to scale its services across the MENA and Southeast Asia region in order to place itself as a competitor in AI-led chronic diseases management.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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EIB Invests $15.8 Million in New IPAE 3 Fund to Support Entrepreneurship in West Africa, Madagascar
It is expected to create over 4,000 direct jobs, at least 40 per cent of which will be for women. The fund will also be fully aligned with the criteria of the 2X Challenge supporting women entrepreneurs.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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The Impact Has Been Devastating’: How USAID Freeze Sent Shockwaves Through Ethiopia
Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Trump’s Aid Cuts Deny One Million Women a Week Access to Contraception
The withdrawal of USAID funding enacted by Donald Trump is having an immediate impact in poor countries – with reproductive health, HIV and TB treatment all being halted.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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EU Says It ‘Cannot Fill’ USAID Funding Gap as Africa Seeks Solutions
The US is the largest single aid donor in the world, disbursing some $72 billion in assistance in 2023, much of it through the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Hospital Staff Laid off en Masse Amid Trump Aid Freeze
Thousands of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other health personnel at US-funded programmes have reported job losses.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID Suspension Is Disrupting Global Health Programs in 50 Countries – WHO Warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the recent suspension of U.S. foreign aid has disrupted critical health programs in 50 countries.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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