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Notes from the Field
Advocacy
Monday August 24, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 4:43PM EST on August 24, 2009
Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, reflects on her trip to Kenya. During the past few days we've learned a lot, visited various sites, dividing into three groups going to communities and through urban areas. When reflecting on visits to countries like Kenya, I'm always impressed and encouraged by the enthusiasm of the people I've met along the way. In the case of the recent Kenya Learning Tours trip, it gave me great hope to witness health workers, mothers, people with HIV and youth express their commitment to solve health problems and work to overcome extreme poverty. Their names, faces and powerful stories will always be with me to drive my work. As co-chair of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy with Admiral Bill Fallon, we hosted this trip to Kenya to learn and bring back messages to U.S. policy makers on global health solutions. Much can be drawn from Kenya to be applied more broadly as we look to enhance awareness and commitment to health issues around the world. We are seeing improvements but we aren't where we should be. Clearly, there's no quick nor easy fix to get there. The good news is we know the kinds of things that make health systems work from procurement of medicines to training health workers to good policies that make efforts sustainable. And, as more evidence-based data is collected and analyzed, it will help drive priorities. Moving forward, as we look to solve health problems and increase access to health services, it's important to not solely think about the technical interventions. Donor integration and coordination is also extremely critical. Increased flexibility of investments will be a major driver of success. Ultimately, our goal is to allow governments and communities to use this platform to take on more of an ownership role and make it sustainable. The bottom line is that we need to get this strategy right and efforts should not be about political advantage but rather on the health and well-being of the people, like the one's I've met in Kenya and in so many other developing countries I've visited over the years.
A woman in Siaya District (Nyanza Province), Kenya. (2009 Allen Clinton/CARE) Wednesday March 4, 2009
Posted by: CARE at 2:48PM EST on March 4, 2009
On March 5, I’ll be attending APN Live, a one-night event being held at hundreds of theaters across the U.S. in celebration of international women’s day. I’ll be at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 event and hope you will join me.
We’ll be watching the film “A Powerful Noise” and participating in a live town hall discussion with panelists Madeleine Albright, Natalie Portman, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington Burns and Helene Gayle. Can you imagine – being able to discuss women’s empowerment and fighting poverty with the likes of them? Friday December 19, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 3:27PM EST on December 19, 2008
Day 1 Observations from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, held Dec. 1 - 12. This is my first UN conference on climate change. I used to attend HIV/AIDS conferences, and today, being December 1st –World AIDS Day – my thoughts go back to those moments. It is a very different atmosphere here in Poznan, with many scientists and, on the surface, fewer activists. But the truth is that here, too, there are many deeply passionate and committed people. Civil society organizations attending this conference are truly acting as watchdogs of governments and holding delegates accountable. ... (more)Friday December 5, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 9:14AM EST on December 5, 2008
I spent two full days at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan. Until then my knowledge of these issues was very vague and abstract. I could barely grasp what was happening when TV cameras zoomed on the meeting. I have to admit, that two days later I am not much wiser.
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Posted by: CARE at 8:56AM EST on December 5, 2008
I am overwhelmed by the complexity of what is happening at COP 14 in terms of the negotiations, the high number of Parties, the many different expectations, goals and agendas. The odd thing is that we are attending a conference that does not yet have a clear goal apart from paving the way to next year’s Copenhagen agreement. ... (more)Wednesday October 15, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 7:17PM EST on October 15, 2008
Healthy women and babies are dying from something natural and manageable – giving birth. In the poorest parts of the world, a woman's lifetime risk of death from complications during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 6, compared to as little as 1 in 30,000 in Northern Europe.
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Posted by: CARE at 5:40PM EST on July 1, 2008
The FY08/09 Emergency Supplemental Spending
Bill, signed into law by President Bush on Monday, June 30, will enable the
United States to spend an additional $1.245 billion on international food aid
donations in this year and next, as donor countries work to relieve the
devastating effects of soaring food and fuel prices on the world’s poor.
Included in the funding is $50 million to be used to purchase food on the ground
at the local or regional level of the recipient countries. This first time shift
by the U.S. government of freeing some money to buy food within countries ─ thus
aiding local economies and alleviating the heavy costs of transporting food from
the U.S to Africa and other places ─ is
an important step in more effectively fighting the food
crisis. Saturday June 21, 2008
Posted by: CARE at 1:00PM EST on June 21, 2008
Sean Camoni offers insight and reflection following his advocacy efforts on the Hill for CARE's 2008 National Conference.
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