Developing Countries Archives

Dennis Osadebe
November 20, 2025
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Trump to Send U.S. Official to G20 in South Africa After All

The decision to have an acting ambassador attend the Group of 20 in South Africa came after the president said the United States would boycott.

Dennis Osadebe
October 27, 2025
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Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.

Dennis Osadebe
October 17, 2025
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‘You Could Treat a Child for a Few Dollars.’ Now Those Clinics Are Gone.

Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.

Dennis Osadebe
September 24, 2025
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Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began.

Dennis Osadebe
August 22, 2025
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Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.

Dennis Osadebe
July 1, 2025
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Anne Merriman, ‘Mother of Palliative Care’ in Uganda, Dies at 90

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain relief to poor, terminally ill patients.

Dennis Osadebe
June 25, 2025
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Kennedy Accuses International Vaccine Agency of Ignoring Science

In a video address, the health secretary said the United States would no longer donate to Gavi, the vaccine agency. The organization rejected his claims.

Dennis Osadebe
June 25, 2025
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The Evolution of Trump’s Views on Foreign Aid

The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered…

Dennis Osadebe
June 18, 2025
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Regulators Approve Lenacapavir for H.I.V. Prevention

The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.

Dennis Osadebe
June 13, 2025
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Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while the United States is cutting global vaccination efforts.