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Time to flood Kenya with kangaroos and save premature babies
Victor Hugo said, “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” That time has come for a life-saving approach to looking after babies...
They came, they saw, they conquered: Global Youth Leaders for Nutrition
The Global Youth Leaders for Nutrition programme, round 2, took place in Rome last week. Four young people boarded their first-ever international flights and...
Learning to listen – and other ways that ‘nations succeed’
“Of course, I want to hear from black women who benefit from development assistance, but I also want to hear from those who are leading it; from the...
UK pledges to a transformative Global Financing Facility
Today, the Global Financing Facility held the replenishment for its Trust Fund in Oslo. Norway and Burkina Faso hosted the event, alongside the World Bank and...
How Can a Pen Save Children in Yemen?
Today, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that that “the UK is discussing with UN Security Council partners what more the Council can do to address the...
214 million more people set to suffer catastrophic health payments by 2030, new research shows
We've looked at the figures. Their meaning is clear – and alarming: healthcare is set to increase poverty. On current trends, the proportion of people...
Making childcare work under Universal Credit
"We want to be able to go to work and to provide for our own families. But at the minute it seems as if there’s a roadblock everywhere we turn." This is the...
From Alma-Ata to Astana – and the 4,000-day countdown to the Sustainable Development Goal deadline
Just 4,000 days – give or take – until the Sustainable Development Goal deadline. It’s clear what’s required: urgent action at a breathtaking pace –...
Lost in numbers: how to ensure no one is left behind by the data revolution
Stepping into the UN World Data Forum this week felt like entering a high-speed elevator to the top of a very tall building. Advances in technology mean that we...