Thanks to a new monetary guarantee, UNICEF can help lower-income countries more easily access urgently needed health care supplies. With a form of revolving credit plan, countries need no longer be hampered by typical months-long funding streams. By Yusuf Yusufari and Julie Frye. Smallholder farming is a proven path out of poverty, but climate change is changing the rules Urgent action is needed to help smallholder farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa adapt to climate change, which is already creating crisis conditions that threaten the livelihoods of millions of people.
Only two countries worldwide continue to see wild poliovirus transmission: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Wild Poliovirus Type 3 Eradicated October On World Polio Day , experts certify that wild poliovirus type 3 has been eradicated. Following the eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 in , only one strain of the wild virus remains.
Berlin Office Opens. The Berlin office allows the foundation to deepen its partnerships with the German government and other institutions across the continent working on global health and development. New Approach for Education. Gates MRI Launches. Milan Summit Deepens Commitment to Nutrition. The data will help jumpstart the foundation's work to help women and girls thrive. As the MDG era ends, the United Nations launches the Sustainable Development Agenda, laying out 17 ambitious goals to address the global challenges, including those related to poverty, inequality, health, climate change, peace and justice.
The Gates Foundation and others pledge to work together to achieve the goals by Launch of the Global Financing Facility. Thanks to the commitment of country governments and the dedication of millions of community health workers and volunteers, the WHO South-East Asia region is certified polio-free.
This comes a few months after India celebrates being polio-free for three years, a historic milestone for a country once thought to be the last place on earth where polio would be stopped.
London Summit on Family Planning. She calls for voluntary access to family planning for million more women in the developing world by London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The foundation joins pharmaceutical companies, donors, endemic countries, and nongovernmental organizations to sign the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases on January 30, Together, they commit to control, eliminate, or eradicate 10 diseases by and improve the lives of more than 1 billion people.
The foundation opens offices in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa to deepen work to address health across sub-Saharan Africa. Challenge to Reinvent the Toilet. Bill announces a new innovation initiative to redesign the traditional toilet and rapidly improve sanitation for billions of people in developing countries who lack access to safely managed sanitation. The challenge culminated in a two-day showcase of sanitation projects and Reinvent the Toilet Challenge prototypes in The challenge has since been reiterated in China and India.
The Giving Pledge. London Office Opens. The foundation opens a London office to work closely with European and African partners and grantees. Beijing Office Opens. The foundation opens an office in Beijing to focus on global health issues in Asia.
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