The European Commission has warned that uneven progress towards meeting the 0.7% ODA target “may have contributed to aid cuts in some Member States with ODA levels at or above 0.7 % of GNI”.

Malaria continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Why? If we know how to prevent it, and we know how to treat it, why are people still dying in such vast numbers?

Action for Global Health’s “Health Heroes” campaign puts the spotlight on the amazing men, women and children around the world who work tirelessly everyday to making a difference. They are the fabulous faces behind global health, and their stories and experiences deserve to be heard.

On World Health Day, French MEP Francoise Castex called on the French presidency of the G8 and G20 to prioritise global health. Writing in the Parliament Magazine, Castex said, “Our president would clearly like to profile himself as the protector of his, and the world’s, citizens in testing times. “But if this is his goal for [...]

We know what we’re up against when it comes to shrinking aid budgets, but making the most of the money available is certainly not straightforward. The Action for Global Health report on health aid effectiveness, published on World Health Day, identifies three central problems which mean money is not being used as effectively as it could be: poor coordination, exclusion of civil society and the misinterpretation of managing for results as “financing by results”.

Nobody needs to be told twice that we’re supposed to be on the “final stretch” to realising our MDG targets, most of which are already falling well behind the clock. Already in 2001, it was internationally acknowledged that developing countries’ investments in health need additional support from the international community if the poorest populations around the world were to see their health needs and rights fulfilled. Progress has been made so far by both developing countries and donors, and we cannot afford to slow down now; the consequences would be irreversible.

DSW and Action for Global Health recently released a briefing on improving aid to Mozambique that provides recommendations to inform the discussions among aid donors at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness scheduled to occur in Busan, South Korea in November. While the briefing itself is actually very good, it also reflects an [...]