Sara Jerving
Senior Reporter at Devex
Global health journalist at @Devex [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
devex.com | Sara Jerving
The Stop TB Partnership, which is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services, or UNOPS, has ultimately been able to retain all of its U.S. funding — after a halt of programs, program terminations, and then program termination reversals by the Trump administration. But even so, the scope of the work they do with that U.S. funding must be revised, meaning the organization must lay off some of its staff and part ways with some implementing partners.
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2 weeks ago |
devex.com | Sara Jerving
Sitting on a bench at a reproductive health clinic in one of the poorest parts of Madagascar’s capital city of Antananarivo were two nervous, pregnant 16-year-old girls. No longer in school, unsure how their lives were about to unfold, and preparing for the toll childbirth would have on their small bodies — thrust into premature adulthood when they’re still just kids. They each walked about 40 minutes to the clinic — it’s the only free, one-of-its-kind clinic within a three-mile radius.
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3 weeks ago |
devex.com | Sara Jerving
Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed as the inaugural director-general of the African Medicines Agency. She is currently the chief executive of Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority. This is a long-awaited appointment to the new specialized health agency of the African Union that is tasked with improving regulatory harmonization of medicines across the continent, including in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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3 weeks ago |
devex.com | Sara Jerving
This includes zeroing out funding for Gavi and cuts to PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative. It also slashes support for family planning, reproductive health, neglected tropical diseases, and nonemergency nutrition. The Trump administration is making sweeping cuts to global health funding in both its rescission package and its fiscal year 2026 budget request. This includes zeroing out funding for Gavi, and cuts to U.S. global AIDS initiative PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative.
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3 weeks ago |
devex.com | Sara Jerving
Gavi’s board has approved Trump administration nominee Mark Kevin Lloyd to join its 28-member body. Lloyd is assistant to the administrator for the Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization and assistant to the administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he’s tasked with leading the agency’s global health programs.
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RT @devex: This includes zeroing out funding for Gavi and cuts to PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative. It also slashes support fo…
RT @devex: This is a long-awaited appointment to the new specialized health agency of the African Union tasked with improving regulatory ha…
Delese Mimi Darko has been appointed as the inaugural director-general of the African Medicines Agency. She is currently the chief executive of Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority. https://t.co/qinePwdklG