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Devex @devex.com · 29/09/2026
The Global Health Center at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lost 27% of its workforce under the Trump administration, according to a new database published by AFGE Local 2883.
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US CDC hemorrhages global health staff
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The global community isn’t ending crises like it used to — meaning the humanitarian system needs to adapt, experts said. That includes juggling response and resilience, ensuring long-term funding, quick local investments, and letting go of the camp model. www.devex.com/news/the-wor...
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The world doesn't end crises like it used to: Humanitarianism must adapt
At Devex Impact House, experts warned that protracted crises require a revamped humanitarian system — one that includes juggling response and resilience simultaneously, ensuring long-term funding and ...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
After 6 months of deliberations, an independent panel of experts convened by the Accra Reset’s presidential council has laid out 5 political shifts and 10 recommendations aimed at reshaping the global health architecture: www.devex.com/news/one-yea...
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One year after Accra Reset launch, panel lays out next steps
It's premised on rebuilding a world order where countries set their own health agendas, alongside a global shift to more equitable partnerships.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Coefficient Giving has launched a three-year, $165 million fund to help countries navigate the reduction in foreign health aid. It will do this primarily through grants for technical support to governments and other organizations: www.devex.com/news/coeffic...
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Coefficient Giving launches $165M fund to help countries navigate aid cuts
The Health Aid Transition Fund aims to help countries prioritize scarce domestic resources primarily through grants for technical support.
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Devex @devex.com · 10/09/2026
When reinstating Gavi funding, the U.S. said the organization committed to mercury-free vaccines, though Gavi was already transitioning to newer vaccines for their public health benefits — not because older ones contain mercury.
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Gavi’s vaccine transition was never about RFK's fixation on mercury
Gavi’s vaccine transition was never about RFK's fixation on mercury
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When reinstating Gavi funding, the U.S. said the organization committed to mercury-free vaccines, though Gavi was already transitioning to newer vaccines for their public health benefits — not because older ones contain mercury. www.devex.com/news/gavi-s-...
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Gavi’s vaccine transition was never about RFK's fixation on mercury
When reinstating Gavi funding, the U.S. said the organization committed to mercury-free vaccines, though Gavi was already transitioning to newer vaccines for their public health benefits — not because...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kenya offers a blueprint for civil society in the 'America First' era: www.devex.com/news/kenya-o...
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Kenya offers a blueprint for civil society in the 'America First' era
A coalition of civil society health groups have been crafting a blueprint to figure out how to better coordinate, identify what they’ll prioritize, and work to increase their collective influence amid...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Samaritan’s Purse is turning down $300 million in grant funding from the U.S. State Department because the organization has “always relied on God, not government, for funding,” according to its president, Franklin Graham. www.devex.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Samaritan's Purse turns down $300M from US State Department
The organization says they prayed on it and would rather rely "on God, not government, for funding.”
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The open opportunities in the State Department's rolling competitive calls for a broad array of organizations to partner under the "America First" global health strategy: www.devex.com/news/over-1b...
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Over $1B in US health funding up for grabs. Here are the details
The open opportunities in the State Department's rolling competitive calls for a broad array of organizations to partner under the "America First" global health strategy.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In this episode of 'This Week in Global Development,' my colleagues @daveainsworth.bsky.social, @alterigoe.bsky.social & I chat about the U.S. State Dept’s announcement on nearly $2 billion to partnerships w/ faith-based & community orgs for health & disaster aid: www.devex.com/news/inside-...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In today’s edition of our Devex health newsletter I cover the Gavi financing news and dispatches from the world’s largest gathering of people working on HIV this week in Rio: www.devex.com/news/devex-c...
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Devex CheckUp: Is Gavi's roller-coaster ride with the US finally over?
After over a year of mixed messaging, American legislators announced that funding is on its way to Gavi. Plus, more from the world's largest HIV gathering in Rio de Janeiro.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The United States has moved to release funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, after a tug-of-war between the Trump administration and the U.S. Congress over whether the money would be disbursed. www.devex.com/news/us-fina...
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US finally moves to release $600 million to Gavi
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio took steps to provide $600 million in congressionally allocated funding to Gavi, ending months of uncertainty over whether the Trump administration would honor the ...
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Devex @devex.com · 29/07/2026
What are we watching at the 26th International AIDS Conference? With donor funding hitting a historic low, Devex’s @sarajerving.bsky.social provides an update from the summit, including the push to expand access to new health innovations like lenacapavir in the global fight against HIV. #AIDS2026
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Jeffrey Graham, who leads the State Dept's global health work, says the public misunderstands the new U.S. bilateral health deals. Plus, more from the 26th International AIDS Society Conference in this edition of our Devex health newsletter CheckUp: www.devex.com/news/devex-c...
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Devex CheckUp: US State Dept's unexpected opening act at world's largest HIV conference
Jeffrey Graham, head of the State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, says the public misunderstands the new U.S. bilateral health deals. Plus, more from the 26th Internationa...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Global Fund and Green Climate Fund are exploring an unprecedented partnership to jointly finance climate and health programs.The collaboration remains in early stages, but if approved, would mark the first time the multilateral giants have jointly financed programs. www.devex.com/news/multila...
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Multilateral giants explore new climate-health collaboration
The collaboration remains in early stages, but if approved, would mark the first time the Global Fund and Green Climate Fund have jointly financed programs.
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Devex @devex.com · 09/07/2026
WHO promises that this response will be different from the last time when there were widespread allegations of sexual exploitation by the responders. Plus, the problem with South Sudan’s U.S. health compact.
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Devex CheckUp: A history of sexual abuse hangs over the current Ebola response
Devex CheckUp: A history of sexual abuse hangs over the current Ebola response
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The last major Ebola outbreak was marred by widespread sexual abuse and exploitation by many aid workers against the people they were purportedly there to help. Is the humanitarian sector doing enough to ensure it doesn’t happen again? www.devex.com/news/can-the...
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Can the Ebola response avoid another sexual abuse disaster?
The last major Ebola outbreak was marred by widespread sexual abuse and exploitation by many aid workers against the people they were purportedly there to help. Is the humanitarian sector doing enough...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Across much of the African continent, many people with Type 2 diabetes aren’t overweight — and some are even underweight. This has implications for how the disease is screened, prevented, and treated. Researchers have dubbed the disease “lean” diabetes. www.devex.com/news/what-is...
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What is ‘lean diabetes’ — and why does it matter?
Across much of the African continent, many people with Type 2 diabetes aren’t overweight — and some are even underweight. This has implications for how the disease is screened for, prevented, and trea...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The global health sector should bundle health conditions driving the biggest health inequities — both infectious and NCDs — and support countries to access the best innovations, said the @GlobalFund's Peter Sands. “That really excites me," he said. www.devex.com/news/peter-s...
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Peter Sands shares lessons for NCDs from infectious diseases
For the executive director of The Global Fund, bundling the most pressing health conditions — both infectious and noncommunicable diseases — and supporting countries in rolling out the best innovations around them is the best path forward.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The top foundations hiring in global development: www.devex.com/news/the-top...
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The top foundations hiring in global development
As they evolve beyond traditional grantmaking, global foundations are looking to fill programmatic and partnerships roles, among others. Here’s where the opportunities are.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
USAID funded a radio program focused on the conflict in Sudan. It hasn't been on air since the Trump administration dismantled the agency. “Most of the stories that we covered during the war were to save lives," said Peter, the station's editor-in-chief. www.devex.com/news/we-lost...
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‘We lost their voices’: Sudan radio program falls silent after US aid cuts
USAID funded a radio program focused on the conflict in Sudan. It hasn't been on air since the Trump administration dismantled the agency. “Most of the stories that we covered during the war were to s...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
On Thursday, I'll be speaking with experts from WHO, the International Medical Corps, and the International Rescue Committee about the Ebola response in eastern DRC. Register here: www.devex.com/events/insid...
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Inside the Race to Contain Ebola
The high-stakes battle to prevent another major Ebola crisis and what responders need most.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
More than 28,000 people who’ve been in contact with positive Ebola cases aren’t being tracked, warned Africa CDC. Responders should be watching some 33,080 contacts, yet only 4,112 are being actively followed. www.devex.com/news/africa-...
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Africa CDC: Over 28,000 contacts of Ebola cases aren't being tracked
Responders should be watching some 33,080 contacts, yet only 4,112 are being actively followed, according to Africa CDC Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Gates Foundation believes strong medical product regulators on the African continent will lead to greater access to lifesaving products. It's supporting both national regulators and the African Medicines Agency: www.devex.com/news/the-gat...
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The Gates Foundation’s push for stronger African health product regulators
The foundation sees it as a way to expand access to lifesaving medical products. It's supporting both national regulators and the African Medicines Agency.
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Devex @devex.com · 11/06/2026
The White House puts forward a name to lead on global health security and HIV. Plus, confirmed Ebola cases double in just over a week, and Gates invests in Africa's medical products regulatory systems.
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Devex CheckUp: The Trump administration’s long-awaited global health nomination
Devex CheckUp: The Trump administration’s long-awaited global health nomination
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The White House puts forward a name to lead on global health security and HIV. Plus, confirmed Ebola cases double in just over a week, and Gates invests in Africa's medical products regulatory systems. The latest edition of our health newsletter: www.devex.com/news/devex-c...
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Devex CheckUp: The Trump administration’s long-awaited global health nomination
The White House puts forward a name to lead on global health security and HIV. Plus, confirmed Ebola cases double in just over a week, and Gates invests in Africa's medical products regulatory systems...
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Devex @devex.com · 06/06/2026
Responders racing to contain the Ebola outbreak in East and Central Africa face logistical hurdles amid conflict, public mistrust, and inadequate funding. Plus, who’s still paying top dollar in global development?
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Devex Newswire: Why no one knows the true scale of the Ebola outbreak
Devex Newswire: Why no one knows the true scale of the Ebola outbreak
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Logistical hurdles pile up for responders racing to contain Ebola: Border closures, quarantine, internal flight restrictions, and impassable roads are creating significant problems in getting supplies and staff positioned where they’re needed. www.devex.com/news/logisti...
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Logistical hurdles pile up for responders racing to contain Ebola
Border closures, quarantine, internal flight restrictions, and impassable roads are creating significant problems in getting supplies and staff positioned where they’re needed.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The race is on to develop Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines: In a portfolio approach, CEPI is backing three candidates that use different vaccine technology. www.devex.com/news/the-rac...
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The race is on to develop Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines
In a portfolio approach, CEPI is backing three candidates that use different vaccine technology.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Bundibugyo species of the Ebola virus rapidly spreading around the DRC has no licensed vaccines or therapeutics. But the global health community is weighing its options of which candidates it could start in clinical trials. Here are the options: www.devex.com/news/the-ebo...
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The Ebola species rapidly spreading has no vaccines. Here are the options
Vaccines licensed for the Zaire strain have been incredibly helpful in the management of Ebola but there is extremely limited evidence on its efficacy against the Bundibugyo strain — which is what’s c...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“​​No one can give you the magnitude of this outbreak,” Africa CDC's Dr. Jean Kaseya told me about the ongoing Ebola crisis. “How many cases do we have? No one knows. No one can tell you when we can stop this outbreak.” www.devex.com/news/it-s-so...
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‘It’s so bad’: Inside the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak
The aid sector and countries in the affected region are on high alert. They’re playing catch-up to contain a very deadly virus that’s had ample time to spread undetected in areas where conflict makes ...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Join us Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva for Devex Impact House at the World Health Assembly: pages.devex.com/devex-at-wha...
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Devex Impact House @ WHA
Devex Impact House @ WHA is where the global health community gathers to go beyond the headlines. Developed and led by Devex journalists, it’s your unofficial WHA hub — where live newsmaking interview...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Some highlights from the first two days of the World Health Assembly, including conversations around what's next for the African Medicines Agency and Accra Reset, debates happening among countries, and the fast spreading Ebola outbreak: www.devex.com/news/devex-c...
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Devex CheckUp: Why some countries aren’t ratifying the African Medicines Agency treaty
The African Medicines Agency is displayed as a shining example of health sovereignty, but not all African countries are on board yet. Plus, the latest on the Accra Reset, and tension among WHO member ...
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Devex @devex.com · 15/04/2026
Nicholas Enrich — former top global health official at USAID turned whistleblower — details the internal chaos that ensued during the rapid destruction of the agency in the months following U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Former USAID health chief documents agency’s turbulent end in new book
Former USAID health chief documents agency’s turbulent end in new book
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The former global health lead at USAID, Nicholas Enrich, is pulling back the curtain on the internal chaos that ensued during the rapid destruction of the agency in his new book. “We were digging graves — our own, and those for millions of others,” he writes. www.devex.com/news/former-...
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Former USAID health chief documents agency’s turbulent end in new book
Nicholas Enrich — former top global health official at USAID turned whistleblower — details the internal chaos that ensued during the rapid destruction of the agency in the months following U.S. Presi...
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
CPJ calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, detained under new security and fake news laws. Read more: cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-... #FreeAhmed #FreeAhmedEldin
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Africa CDC recruited Dr. Mariatou Tala Jallow to build up its African Pooled Procurement Mechanism. In her previous job, she built the pooled procurement mechanism for the Global Fund from the ground up. www.devex.com/news/the-glo...
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The Global Fund veteran building Africa CDC's pooled procurement platform
Africa CDC tapped heavy hitter Mariatou Tala Jallow to build up its African Pooled Procurement Mechanism. In her previous job, she built the pooled procurement mechanism for the Global Fund from the ground up.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Trump is seeking a 30% cut to the foreign affairs budget, according to a preliminary fiscal year 2027 budget request. The budget includes $5.1 billion for global health, a $4.3 billion cut from what Congress approved in 2026. By Adva Saldinger: www.devex.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump's budget request calls for 30% cut to foreign affairs spending
Global health, humanitarian assistance, food aid and international organizations are all targeted for cuts, with the America First Opportunity Fund and support for critical minerals on the rise.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Experts say primary health care systems in low-and-middle income countries are ill-equipped to handle chronic respiratory diseases. Health care workers are often not trained on these diseases, lack diagnostic tools, and medicines. www.devex.com/news/primary...
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Primary care is failing chronic respiratory disease patients, experts warn
Primary health care workers are often not trained on these diseases, lack diagnostic tools, and medicines. But these diseases, such as asthma and COPD, lead to some 4 million deaths annually.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The global health sector is warning that Israel and the United States’ war against Iran is creating major supply route disruptions for critical life-saving health products: www.devex.com/news/health-...
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Health orgs warn of ‘dangerous’ supply shortages amid Middle East crisis
The global health sector is warning that Israel and the United States’ war against Iran is creating major supply route disruptions for critical humanitarian supplies, including life-saving health prod...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Global Financing Facility is planning to launch a new financing program for family planning, and maternal and child health commodities at the bank’s Spring Meetings this month. It previewed how it is expected to work last week in Nairobi: www.devex.com/news/gff-to-...
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GFF to launch family planning, maternal, child commodity finance program
The Global Financing Facility is planning to launch a new financing program for family planning, and maternal and child health commodities at the bank’s Spring Meetings next month. It previewed how it...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Devex @devex.com · 28/03/2026
Some 1,800 maternal and child health experts from at least 87 countries gathered in Nairobi this week to discuss improving care and saving lives. A lot of the conversation was around ensuring essential commodities hit the shelves of health facilities.
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Special edition: Moving mother and child health ‘into the fast lane’
Special edition: Moving mother and child health ‘into the fast lane’
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The African Development Bank plans to partner with the Gates Foundation and other donors to increase access to affordable loans for countries to quickly buy essential health commodities. The plans — still subject to approval — were previewed last week in Nairobi: www.devex.com/news/afdb-ga...
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AfDB, Gates propose boosting government liquidity for health products
The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Gates Foundation, has previewed a proposed plan for a new financing facility for health commodities on the African continent.
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I attended the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference in Nairobi this week. Here is my dispatch for @devex.com: www.devex.com/news/special...
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Special edition: Moving mother and child health ‘into the fast lane’
Some 1,800 maternal and child health experts from at least 87 countries gathered in Nairobi this week to discuss improving care and saving lives. A lot of the conversation was around ensuring essentia...
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Devex @devex.com · 26/03/2026
Devex's @sarajerving.bsky.social is on the ground in Nairobi for the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference. As global health leaders gather to tackle the rising challenges of equity & access, Sara will be sharing updates & behind-the-scenes insights. Watch this space for her dispatches.
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Devex @devex.com · 12/03/2026
Women leaders in global health share their stories around gaps in gender equity in the global health architecture. Plus, the State Department launches a new platform that invites NGOs to apply to support bilateral health deals, and Africa CDC turns to debt swaps.
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Devex CheckUp: The global health boy’s club
Devex CheckUp: The global health boy’s club
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
There’s one area considered a largely untapped resource for health finance on the African continent: converting debt into funds for health programs. Africa CDC has hired a special adviser to guide the agency on scaling these transactions for countries. www.devex.com/news/africa-...
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Africa CDC eyes debt swaps to plug health financing gaps
There’s one area considered a largely untapped resource for health finance on the African continent: converting debt into health programs. Africa CDC has hired a special adviser to guide the agency on...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The U.S. State Department launched a new platform that, for the first time, demonstrates how it will operationalize funding of global health projects outside of the bilateral health deals it’s signing with countries. Importantly, NGOs are eligible. www.devex.com/news/us-laun...
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US launches $4.5B platform inviting NGO support for bilateral health deals
The State Department launched a funding platform that gives insight into how the Trump administration plans to engage entities around global health. INGOs, local NGOs, faith-based organizations, compa...
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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On March 9th, I'll be co-moderating an important discussion hosted by Women in Global Health on the state of women leadership in global health and the persistent gaps in women’s access to health services and how this impacts health outcomes. Please join us! lnkd.in/eDV3D3_X
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