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The untold cost of cost-effectiveness in family planning
Environmental and health groups working together on family planning - a partnership that delivers for people living in remote areas.
Yemen cholera cases pass 300,000 as outbreak spirals - ICRC
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen is thought to have infected 300,000 people in the past 10 weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
The uninhabitable earth
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think.
Reducing disaster risk: understanding barriers to women’s leadership
In May, government delegations and disaster risk professionals from across the globe gathered in Cancun, Mexico, for the fifth Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Participatory budgeting at the local level in Nepal
On 29 May, the government of Nepal released its annual budget for the fiscal year 2017/18 (that starts on 16 July) worth 1278 billion Nepali Rupees (Rs).
Peter Adams: Trust priceless when it comes to charities
CID's Code of Conduct Committee chair in Fairfax - on why code's matter.
Bangladesh garment factory blast raises fresh concerns over workers' safety
CHENNAI, India, July 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of 10 workers in a boiler explosion at a Bangladesh garment factory is one in a series of deadly mishaps that illustrate the neglect of ...
Europe's risky experiment: Can aid be used to deter migration?
Tackling migration is included among the goals of the Union's new development framework, which will guide programming until 2030.
Dispute over 'Grand Bargain' localization commitments boils over
A network of NGOs from the “global south” has accused international aid agencies, NGOs and donors of attempting to renege on their commitment to deliver a quarter of all emergency funding through loca...
Aid workers warn of 'devastating' cholera outbreak in South Sudan
More than 2,500 cases of the deadly disease have been registered since April in the world’s youngest country, already under the grip of famine.
