A group of leading health experts have highlighted a number of key issues in reducing maternal, neonatal and infant mortality as a means to achieving SDGs in Africa. Particularly notable was the need...
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Aid & Development Africa Summit Puts Spotlight on Safe Water and Sanitation as Key to Socio-Economic Transformation in Kenya
3.5 million people in Kenya were identified by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation in June 2017 as urgently requiring safe drinking water. Universal access to clean and safe drinking water and basic...
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Turning The Tide In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Approximately 36.7 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016). Of these, 2.1 million are children. In 2016, an...
Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Congress: Innovations, Partnerships and Financing
Climate-smart agriculture has a profound impact on Kenya. The country is incredibly vulnerable to crises from extreme weather due to the reliance on climate-sensitive natural resources. The...
Aid & Development Africa Summit Brings Technology to Close Healthcare Access Gap
Access to healthcare in Africa differs greatly from region to region. The distance one lives to an urban centre determines the access they have to medical services, and is frequently a barrier...
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Funding and Cross-Sector Cooperation Needed to Combat East Africa’s Growing Hunger Crisis
The combination of drought, El Niño and conflict has left East Africa struggling to survive. The region is facing a monumental hunger crisis with 24 million people affected in Ethiopia, Kenya,...
Disasters & Climate Change: Disaster Preparedness and Prevention
Disaster preparedness methods and prevention infrastructure have been proven to mitigate the impacts of catastrophes on citizens around the world. As shown in the infographic by the Aid and...
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Disasters & Climate Change: Managing Risks & Building Resilience
Impact of Climate Change & Exposure to Disasters In the nearly twenty years between 1996 and 2015, there were 7,056 disasters recorded worldwide, which is double the number of disasters that happened...
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Disasters & Climate Change: Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees
The number of forcibly displaced people has grown from 33.9 million persons in 1997 to 65.6 million persons in 2016 due in large part to significant conflicts in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan...
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...
Humanitarian Response and Donor Funding in Myanmar
An estimated $150 million is required to meet the needs of half a million people in Myanmar throughout the year, as identified by the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan 2017. The requested...
Solutions That Save Lives & Support Development – 2017 Edition
by Alina O'Keeffe, Aid & International Development Forum Modern science and technology transformed how the humanitarian community addresses current and emerging challenges. Disaster response and...
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Impact and Causes of Disasters and Migration in Southeast Asia
Last year 574 disasters were reported around the globe and 108 million people have been affected, according to the latest infographic by the Aid & International Development Forum. The vast majority...
Putting users at the heart of emergency sanitation design
How can we increase the use of latrines in rapid-onset emergencies? How can we ensure that all affected people have access to latrines? And how can we sustain this until better, household level...
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Infrastructure resilience in Southeast Asia
The [Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF)] has released an infographic that explores infrastructure resilience and access to services in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Myanmar. ...
Focus on South East Asia: Myanmar
South East Asia is particularly prone to natural disasters: a situation which is compounded by the fact that more than half the countries in the region are low or lower income. In addition, three...
Humanitarian Leaders to Discuss Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa
More than 300 high-profile representatives from NGOs, businesses, government and UN organisations are set to convene at the Aid & Development Africa Summit in Nairobi this February exchanging...
Join key players in Africa's humanitarian aid and development sector at 2nd Aid & Development Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya
With Aid & Development Africa Summit fast approaching, Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) is excited to share the agenda and recently confirmed speakers, who will deliver invaluable insight...
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Infrastructure Resilience: Education in sub-Saharan Africa
The recent Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) infographic provides a snapshot of the current state of education in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank data shows that the global average...
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Infrastructure Resilience: Disasters & Development Assistance in sub-Saharan Africa
Today, the world is facing unprecedented crises and growing challenges. A total of 574 disasters were reported in 2015 alone, 116, or 20 percent, of which occurred in Africa. These disasters affected...