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“The simple fact is, the United States cannot be strong at home if we are not strong in the world,” said Secretary of State John Kerry to Members of Congress this week in support of International Affairs programs.

With only two weeks until the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sequesters $85 billion from the FY13 budget, members of both the defense and non-defense communities are preparing for the effects of across-the-board cuts […]

Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) calls for reducing the child mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015. […]

Ahead of the Group of 8 Summit at Camp David this weekend, where food security is on the agenda, the Thousand Days partnership this morning hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill on global efforts to combat maternal and child malnutrition through the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. […]

This week, five former Secretaries of State, representing both Democrats and Republican administrations, sent a letter to Congress raising concerns about additional cuts to diplomacy and development programs in the FY12 appropriations. […]

Leaders in both the public and private sector are turning more and more to mobile phone technology to promote global health initiatives in the developing world.  Following the recent launch of the MAMA Initiative by Secretary of State Hillary...

This week, leaders representing the eight largest industrialized nations met in Deauville, France to discuss development issues alongside ongoing political and economic concerns over two days of meetings.  A primary topic was economic recovery in...

Clinton used the speech to highlight the cooperative efforts of the public, private and non-profit sectors to pursue “a common vision with a coordinated approach” towards achieving food security.  By drawing on public-private partnerships and...

According to USAID Administrator Raj Shah, this alliance helps give “the hard to reach the health information they otherwise would not receive,” which in turn “empower[s] these women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their...

GAFSP represents a new and innovative mechanism for combating hunger and providing targeted development assistance through a multilateral framework.  It would be a shame for it to disappear before its impact could really be known.  The fund has...