insert_link South AfricaUSAID Grant Freeze in South Africa Threatens HIV/AIDS Fight, Warns Tutu Foundation The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in S.A warns the permanent freeze of USAID grants in South Africa will have severe consequences in the battle against HIV and AIDS. The foundation's CEO Linda-Gail Bekker says the cancelled funding, including for PEPFAR, which supports 5.5-million people with antiretroviral treatment, threatens critical services. She express concern over the loss of specialised care and prevention tools: today1 March, 2025 52
Business / EconomicsGates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in order to boost children’s health and nutrition, especially in the face of the global climate crisis. The Goalkeepers report, “A Race to Nourish a Warming World,” projects that without immediate global action, climate change will condemn an additional 40 million […] today17 September, 2024 30
insert_link Business / EconomicsAmidst Ongoing Global Crises, Gates Foundation announces largest annual budget ever: $8.6 Billion in 2024 to save and improve lives The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced its largest annual budget to date as it works toward the goal of a healthier, more prosperous world for all. With global health budgets in decline overall, a portion of the additional funding will go toward advancing global health innovations that will save and improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people, including newborn babies and pregnant mothers […] today15 January, 2024 14