Elise Legault

Canada released its long-awaited Africa Strategy last week--but despite the title it is not really a strategy--it's really just a recap. ONE Canada's reaction here: www.one.org/ca/press/can...

Pleased to have contributed to this article. @onecampaign.bsky.social welcomes Canada's pledge to Gavi the Vaccine Alliance-a smart investment that will save lives an increase health security.

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding Foreign aid cuts in the U.S. could provide 'fodder' for a Canadian government to go down a similar path, says international assistance expert Liam Swiss.

“We’re talking about potentially losing years of progress on issues that Canada has been a champion for”--I said to the Hill Times about the impact of USAID cuts/pause/review on Canadian foreign aid. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Développement international | La décision américaine aura un impact « catastrophique » Le secteur de l’aide humanitaire du Canada se prépare à des problèmes cataclysmiques dans le monde entier et demande à Ottawa de l’aider à combler des lacunes alors que Washington ralentit les activit...

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Des millions de vies - sans exageration - en danger a cause du démantèlement de #USAID

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It is true only 11 percent of US assistance flows directly to organizations in developing countries and the proportion should be higher. But to say the rest is all corruption and waste is simply twaddle.

www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...

More than 20 million people receive treatment for HIV through PEPFAR, the US Aid Relief Program.

This is being rolled back, and doing so will cost many lives.

With the knives out on development spending, have we reached ‘peak aid’? | Nilima Gulrajani and Jessica Pudussery From Trump’s Project 2025 to a huge funding cut by the Dutch, donors are turning their backs on aid

"ODA levels may be breaking records, but it looks like it is doing so by stretching the idea of solidarity itself. Recent cuts suggest it is foreign aid’s legitimacy as a global policy expenditure that is at breaking point." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Africa malaria jab rollout delivers 10 million doses Nearly 10 million malaria vaccine doses were delivered to Africa during the first year of routine immunisation being rolled out across the continent, the Gavi vaccine alliance said Wednesday.

In a time of near-constant distressing news, a fantastic achievement from Gavi and the countries that achieved this rollout. With a 13% drop in mortality during the pilot, this will mean many lives saved. www.france24.com/en/live-news...