Tag: USAID

Prevented Ocean Plastic And USAID Open High-Capacity Plastic Collection Centre In Makassar, Indonesia To Mark World Oceans Day

Stuart Mitchell

Last month, on UN World Oceans Day 2024, Prevented Ocean Plastic™ celebrated the grand opening of a new high-capacity waste plastic collection centre in Makassar, Indonesia. It is the seventh centre established by Prevented Ocean Plastic™ since the launch of its mission to open 25 collection centres on coastlines at-risk of plastic pollution worldwide by 2025, with seven more breaking ground. Each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean – the equivalent of one garbage truck being dumped into the ocean every minute. UN World…

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USAID-funded TRANSFORM project secures additional private sector support for antimicrobial use stewardship principles, now includes over 30% of global broiler production

Stuart Mitchell

Antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections can contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that spreads amongst human, animal, and plant populations, weakening our ability to prevent and treat future infections. To effectively tackle AMR and reduce its impact on global health security, the USAID-funded Transformational Farm Output Risk Mitigation (TRANSFORM) project is leveraging multisectoral interventions using the One Health approach that recognizes the interdependencies between the health of humans, animals, and the environment. As part of TRANSFORM, the International Poultry Council (IPC) is driving global change within animal agriculture by uniting…

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New Report Highlights Increasing Momentum for Evidence-backed Solutions

Stuart Mitchell

In a world grappling with escalating crises—from conflict and pandemics to the dire impacts of climate change—never has resilience been more critical. Released recently, the REF 2023 Synthesis Report sets a new benchmark as an unmatched guide to resilience-building methodologies and evidence.  The report recognises resilience as the ability to recover from and adapt to shocks and stresses, while enabling longer-term, systemic transformations, and offers actionable insights to inform investment, policy, and decision-making. Through summarising the key discussions held at the REF in Cape Town, the report underscores the imperative…

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Amazon and USAID Launch Effort to Boost Climate Funding for Women

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are launching a public-private partnership to address the gender inequities that exist for women in the climate finance ecosystem and support female entrepreneurs with the resources they need to accelerate climate change innovations. Amazon will commit a total of $53 million to help accelerate women’s climate solutions, including $3 million toward the USAID partnership and $50 million for Amazon to invest directly in climate tech companies run by women. Amazon will serve as a founding partner of USAID’s Climate Gender Equity…

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USAID Announces up to $200 Million for Research to Combat Tuberculosis

Stuart Mitchell

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Supporting, Mobilizing, and Accelerating Research for Tuberculosis Elimination (SMART4TB) project. SMART4TB, a five-year initiative, will invest up to $200 million, subject to availability of funding, to identify more effective methods and tools for finding, treating, and preventing tuberculosis (TB) in USAID’s 24 priority countries for TB programming. This initiative will build research capacity in high TB burden countries by supporting studies that evaluate novel approaches, interventions, and tools to combat TB–including diagnostic tests, new treatment drugs and regimens, socioeconomic and health…

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