Today in Guatemala City I had the opportunity to ask Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the halt to #USAID funding and the impact on the agency's workers, beneficiary nations and geopolitics.
Here's the video:
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Just a reminder that Musk’s companies have received over $15 billion from the US government — he’s happy to go after USAID but not the agencies that have been feeding him.
Incredible visit to a cocoa farm where women dominate! We announced a NEW $2 million public-private partnership w/ @USAID & @WorldCocoa that creates 300+ NEW savings associations, so women farmers can access capital & training programs to support themselves & their families!#WGDP
TB is now one of the world’s leading infectious disease killer. As we celebrate the incredible strides made in the fight against TB, we must recommit to supporting critical programs through @USAID and the @GlobalFund until we end TB for good. #WorldTBDay
Senator Rubio applauds @USAID’s ongoing efforts to help the people of #Colombia#Honduras, #Nicaragua, and #Guatemala following the destructive patch of Hurricanes ETA and Iota.
Thanks to U.S. investments & the partnership of @CDCgov@USAID & many others, Africa is officially free of wild polio. Sen. Rubio congratulates those who fought for this tremendous achievement. We must build on this progress until we #EndPolio for good.
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The PEPFAR waiver has now come through after a massive push by Democrats, Republicans, religious groups and NGOs concerned about the impact of Trump’s freeze on the life-saving program
With @RwandaHealth, we conducted competency-based training on quantification principles and using the Quantification Analytics Tool for forecasting and supply planning of public #health commodities. Skills acquired will be used in continued progress for commodity availability.
Honored be a part of the amazing team and development and implementation of the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT)! 😻 #supplychain#globalhealth#datanalytics
32 countries, 934 users trained to use QAT - GHSC-PSM's Quantification Analytics Tool. #QAT helps countries design flexible forecasts, optimize procurement and delivery schedules, monitor the status of stock, & share data with external platforms and key stakeholders.
7 in-person & remote forecasting & supply planning & lab team members took part in user acceptance testing (UAT) in Nagpur, #India on a new forecasting module of the quantification analytics tool. The UAT provided feedback on the module launching this year https://t.co/dogtaQ0qm0
This is *BIG* & WONDERFUL news! Hormonal IUD added to @USAID Catalogue for 1st time!! A HUGE milestone for ♀️ around the world, and is result of years of work by many people/ organizations including #HormonalIUD Access Group. Celebrating! 🎉 @FP2030Global https://t.co/XXaxyPLMJR
Woohoooooo! 🎉 Also, this is a funny quote explaining why the #malaria#vaccine has taken years to develop: "Malaria is caused by a parasite which is far more insidious and sophisticated than the virus that causes #Covid. Comparing them is like comparing a person and a cabbage."
The argument I find most persuasive for why we should help others is Peter Singer's 'Shallow Pond' thought experiment: you see a child drowning and can easily save them, but this will ruin your expensive new shoes. Are you required to jump in? 🤿 2/13
This year, for my birthday, I decided to take the @givingwhatwecan pledge to donate 10% of my income each year to whichever organisations do the most good. A 🧵on why I'm giving, why I didn't start sooner, and where I'm donating to. 1/13
Pretty neat website by @JohnsHopkinsCCP on #COVID#behavior- so many different types of graphs! Example radar chart on structural barriers of getting vaccinated in #Taiwan vs the #USA.
COVID Behaviors Dashboard: This new interactive tool Chart, radar chart - captures information on knowledge, attitudes and behaviors around vaccines, masking, testing and more from 12 million people in 115 countries @JohnsHopkinsCCP https://t.co/4CcC8JIFcE