Interviews
International Community Honours Refugees on World Refugee Day
On last Tuesday, June 20, the international community took a collective stand for the global refugee population in honour of the annual World Refugee Day. This year Filippo Grandi, the United Nations...
Humanitarian leaders to gather at Aid & Development Asia Summit next week
More than 250 high-profile representatives from NGOs, businesses, government and UN organisations are set to convene at the Aid & Development Asia Summit in Nay Pyi Taw next week to exchange innovative...
After Sale Service, a Key Ingredient in the Support of Health Programs
Early 1998 when Okkar Thiri started operation in Myanmar it was obvious that in spite of a possible sourcing of cheap Indian or Chinese equipment, hospitals and laboratories suffered from a trading mentality...
100 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts in Disaster Relief & Development
The Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) has released a list of leading Twitter accounts in disaster response and development. Inspired by the 9th annual Global Disaster Relief & Development...
Engaging Consumers and Communities in Providing Clean Water
Per the World Health Organization (WHO)/ UNICEF, 663 million people lack access to an improved water source. WHO also reports that 1,000 children are dying each day due to diseases caused by contaminated...
Ambitious Tasks Await WHO’s New Director-General
As of July 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) will be curated by the new director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a malaria expert and Ethiopia’s former health minister. He’s the...
17 Million People Worldwide Suffer From Food Insecurity
In 2016, 108 million people suffered “Emergency” levels of food insecurity, a 35 percent increase compared to the previous year. Earlier this month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
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[Infographic] Meeting Education SDGs in Myanmar
Public spending on education has risen by 49% in Myanmar since 2012. However, only half of school-age children complete their education. In the Philippines the percentage of children in primary education...
The Impact of Big Data on Development and Disaster Resilience
May 17th marks World Telecommunication and Information Society Day bringing awareness and recognition to the impact of advanced analysis and evidence-based decision making. This year’s theme...
Promoting Accountability in Foreign Assistance through Biometrics
Biometrics in Assistance Biometrics – the use of physical characteristics to identify individuals – offer a powerful tool for accountability in assistance operations. Once confined to...
Planet of the Apps at the Aid & Development Africa Summit 2017
As part of the Aid & Development Africa Summit 2017 that took place in Nairobi, Kenya, Planet of the Apps presented the latest mobile applications that support Sustainable Development...
58% of Diarrhoeal Diseases Globally Are a Result of Unsafe Water Sources
2.4 billion people globally live without improved sanitation. Contaminated water can lead to numerous diseases including cholera, typhoid, dysentery and many other diarrhoeal diseases. World Health Organization...
