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Could we see the end of extreme poverty in our lifetime?
Just two hundred years ago, almost the entire world’s population lived in extreme poverty. Today, less than 10 percent do. (In the past forty years alone, the percent of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by over 30 percentage points.)
Read MoreAs we just celebrated National Nutrition Awareness Month in March, and with the first signs of spring produce throughout the commonwealth, we are reminded that 1 out of every 3 people is malnourished worldwide.
Read MoreAs a pastor in Oklahoma City, I have a primary job to preach and teach the Gospel message, the good news that Jesus Christ saves sinners.
Read MoreHope is infectious, even healing. But in a world that’s often dark, what is there to be hopeful for? Here are 19 reasons to have hope in 2019 — and how to pray them into reality.
Read More“If breastfeeding did not already exist, someone who invented it today would deserve a dual Nobel Prize in medicine and economics.” - World Bank Vice President of Human Development, Keith Hansen
Read MoreA passion for global health took a United Methodist pastor from South Carolina to the nation’s capitol recently, where she joined other faith leaders as they spoke to congressional representatives about funding concerns.
Read MoreCINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 18, 2019--This World Water Day, Procter & Gamble (P&G) is celebrating the achievement of its 2020 goal of delivering 15 billion liters of clean drinking water through its non-profit Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program.
Read MoreThe world’s most comprehensive report on nutrition highlights the worrying prevalence and universality of malnutrition in all its forms. In its fifth edition, the Global Nutrition Report provides a concrete overview of progress made and highlights solutions from around the globe calling on all stakeholders to act now to address malnutrition.
Read MoreNEW DELHI: A shorter treatment for tuberculosis (TB) can be safely co-administered with dolutegravir (DTG), the first-line drug to treat HIV in many high-burden TB countries, a new study has found.
Read MoreThe 2030 Collaborative was proud to support the fourth annual M3 Conference (Mobilizing Medical Missions) again this year at Lakewood Church.
Read MoreNo country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and WHO in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative to increase global breastfeeding rates.
Read MoreThis Monday, the Administration released its recommended budget for FY20 funding. They recommended a 24% cut overall for the International Affairs Account.
Read MoreIt wasn’t that long ago that HIV/AIDS headlines flooded the news. In the 1990s, new HIV infections spiked to 3 million a year, with nearly 2 million AIDS-related deaths annually.
Read MoreMarch 8th is International Women's Day. On this day, World Vision celebrates women all around the world. World Vision believes that empowering and educating women is an essential part of fighting poverty across the globe.
Read MoreUSAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) are responding to a complex emergency stemming from an influx of people fleeing an economic and political crisis in Venezuela to neighboring countries.
Read MoreA new study shows that pastors and faith leaders don't realize the huge impact they can have on the world. Are pastors passing up opportunities to change the world?
Read MoreWith the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, FAO’s mandate has been reinforced and scaled up to a depth and scope that calls for a greater commitment in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Read MoreStunting is declining too slowly while wasting still impacts the lives of far too many young children.
Read MoreAlmost 20 years ago, I fell in love with a country, one of the poorest in the world, then ravaged by civil war. The little Maryland-sized nation of Burundi, twin sister of Rwanda, won my heart. I was captivated by its natural beauty and even more by its resilient people.
Read MoreThe U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the U.S. Agency for International Development’s women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment programs and activities (in December 2018.)
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