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Devex @devex.com · 3d

Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.

Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 2d

Madagascar faced a polio outbreak that left dozens paralyzed. In response, the government and its partners launched 7 sweeping vaccination campaigns. I traveled across the country to hear the stories of those who've worked to keep polio at bay. devex.shorthandstories.com/madagascars-...

Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory

Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 11d

The “Accra Reset" is an effort to declare an end to the era of development-as-usual. “The cracks in the global order are growing deeper,” said Ghana’s President Mahama. “The world needs a reset, a re-engineering of the very logic of development itself.” www.devex.com/news/the-acc...

The 'Accra Reset': Time’s up for the legacy aid system

An effort led by Ghana's president calls for a paradigm shift toward more equitable global cooperation.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 12d

Afghanistan sees telecom shutdown as Taliban cut off internet: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Afghanistan sees telecom shutdown as Taliban cut off internet

Phone and internet links are down nationwide after the Taliban sever fibre-optic connections.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 17d

The Trump administration says its future involvement in global health will prioritize country-to-country relationships. Africa CDC is working to ensure it will still play a role in the country’s strategy: www.devex.com/news/what-ro...

What role will Africa CDC play in an ‘America First’ global health vision?

The Trump administration says its future involvement in global health will prioritize country-to-country relationships. The Pan-African public health agency is working to ensure it will still play a r...

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Devex @devex.com · 18d

India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective new injection that prevents HIV transmission at $40 — the same price as daily oral PrEP.

New partnerships bring price parity between lenacapavir and oral PrEP

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · 18d

Under two new partnerships announced today, India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective Lenacapvir, a new 6-month injection that prevents HIV transmission, for $40 per patient per year — the same price as daily oral PrEP. www.devex.com/news/new-par...

New partnerships bring price parity between lenacapavir and oral PrEP

India-based generic manufacturers are expected to produce the highly effective new injection that prevents HIV transmission at $40 — the same price as daily oral PrEP.

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Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social · Jul 30

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

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Devex @devex.com · Jul 31

The board approved a new approach to supporting children living in fragile and humanitarian contexts, confirmed it will introduce RSV vaccines for pregnant mothers, and approved the creation of an mpox vaccine stockpile.

Gavi's board tasked with strategy shift in light of $3b funding gap

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Devex @devex.com · Jul 24

In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.

Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming

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Devex @devex.com · Jul 25

The Trump administration is pushing for less waste — but destroying $10 million in contraceptives. Plus, the controversy surrounding "integration" in HIV programming, and WHO projects a major decline in health aid.

Devex CheckUp: US to trash $10M in contraceptives despite push to fight waste

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jul 24

In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma. www.devex.com/news/why-int...

Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming

In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.

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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · Jul 24

“'For us to increase coverage, we need to meet people where they are,' said Kenneth Ngure, International AIDS Society president-elect, during the organization’s #Kigali conference last week."

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Why ‘integration’ has become a ‘dirty word’ in HIV programming

In light of international aid cuts and ideological reform, there are concerns that people at high risk of contracting HIV will be forced into overcrowded public health systems and may face stigma.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jul 18

The world is equipped with many of the tools that could help bring the HIV epidemic to an end—including the groundbreaking 6-month injectable lenacapavir for preventing new infections, but US aid cuts threaten their rollout to those needing them the most. www.devex.com/news/us-aid-...

US aid cuts overshadow HIV research advances

The world is equipped with many of the tools that could help bring the HIV epidemic to an end, but U.S. funding cuts threaten their rollout to the people who need them the most.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jul 16

The U.S. Senate removed a proposed $400 million funding cut to the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS program from President Trump’s multibillion-dollar rescissions package. And while this is seen as a victory, PEPFAR is a shell of it's former self: www.devex.com/news/senate-...

Senate blocks $400M cut to PEPFAR, but it's a shell of its former self

The U.S. Senate removed a proposed $400 million funding cut to the country’s flagship HIV/AIDS program from President Trump’s multibillion-dollar rescissions package.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jul 2

“We are very hopeful that they will come back,” said Dr. Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the US funding cut. While the org fell short of its $11.9b goal during the pledging event last week—Nishtar sees the $9b they raised as a victory. www.devex.com/news/gavi-s-...

Gavi’s Sania Nishtar is ‘very hopeful’ US will return as a donor

While the organization fell short of its fundraising goal at its replenishment event last week — its chief executive officer still sees the $9 billion raised as a victory.

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Longtail News @longtail.news · Jun 25

Feed: "Africa Is a Country"
By: Mouttasem Albarodi on Wednesday, June 25, 2025

From Cape To Cairo

When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ghana President Mahama provided a reminder of global priorities, telling the Gavi pledging event audience that one of the bombs dropped on Iran reportedly costs about $2.1 billion. “It's a choice we have to make between taking lives and saving lives." www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...

Gavi pledges fall short about $2.9B as US pulls out

It finalized its five-year investment round pledging event with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 25

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, finalized its five-year investment round with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion. www.devex.com/news/gavi-pl...

Gavi pledges fall short about $2.9B as US pulls out

It finalized its five-year investment round with some $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 25

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. is cutting funding to support Gavi’s work to vaccinate children in lower-income countries. But can the Trump administration do that? Congress allocates funding to Gavi. www.devex.com/news/robert-...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the US is cutting funding for Gavi

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. is cutting funding to support Gavi’s work to vaccinate children in lower-income countries. But can the Trump administration do that?

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 25

The price of the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, will be reduced by more than half — to less than $5 per dose in endemic countries by 2028, according to a commitment by drugmakers Bharat Biotech and GSK on Wednesday. www.devex.com/news/price-o...

Price of first malaria vaccine to be slashed by more than half

Drugmakers Bharat Biotech and GSK have committed to reduce the price to less than $5 per dose in endemic countries by 2028.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 15

House approves Trump's $8.3 billion clawback of US foreign aid. If passed in the Senate, the legislation would cancel $900 million in global health spending alone. By @elissamio.bsky.social

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House approves Trump's $8.3 billion clawback of US foreign aid

If passed in the Senate, the legislation would cancel $900 million in global health spending alone.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 12

The Stop TB Partnership has ultimately been able to retain its U.S. funding, but its scope of work must be revised, meaning the org must lay off some staff and part ways with some implementing partners. www.devex.com/news/stop-tb...

Stop TB Partnership retains US funds but must revise scope, cut staff

Cases such as this illustrate the far-reaching impacts of the Trump administration's reshuffling of foreign aid, even when funding persists.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 12

The U.S. terminated 44 UNFPA grants, totaling $335 million. Trump’s FY26 budget eliminates family planning & the White House is asking Congress to claw back funds previously approved, includes eliminating UNFPA funding. Here's a look at the human toll: www.devex.com/news/unfpa-a...

UNFPA and the human fallout of US aid cuts: A $335 million gap

The U.S. government terminated 44 of its grants to UNFPA, which provides sexual and reproductive health services to people living in the lowest-resource settings around the world.

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Sara Jerving @sarajerving.bsky.social · Jun 4

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. www.devex.com/news/ghana-s...

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