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Three Cheers for GAVI

The news that $4.3 billion of new money was pledged on June 13th to vaccinate children in the developing world against several deadly diseases is worth celebrating. The money was promised at the first ever pledging conference for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), which exceeded its target of $3.7 billion. That means […]

Tags Absolute Return for Kids, Anglo American, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Brazil, David Cameron, Davos, diarrhoea, GAVI, Japan, La Caixa Foundation, Liberia, vaccines, World Economic Forum

The End of Aid’s Golden Age?

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date May 28, 2010

As rock star and aid champion Bono lies prone in his sick bed with a back injury that has forced him to cancel his forthcoming festival appearances with his band U2, he will be wondering not just about how to spend his summer but what to do next in his campaign for more aid for the developing world. While he can […]

Tags Aid, Bono, Britain, Canada, Commonwealth, DATA, development, France, G7, G8, Germany, Gleneagles, Italy, Japan, One Campaign, Ray Shah, Tony Blair, U2, USA, USAID