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The United States has ramped up its response to the crisis but the emergency still continues.
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“There is a renewed sense of optimism in Nepal."
It will take political will to enact long-term systemic changes that promote gender equality and remove barriers.
"A health threat emerging in one corner of the world will eventually become a global health threat."
Despite gains, societal problems, including violence against women, continue to hamper lives.
The U.S. will provide UNRWA with financial support in the coming year, beginning with an initial donation of $55 million.
The United States recently announced the latest in a series of initiatives to improve the education of nurses and midwives.
Sixty years ago this month, the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees began the ratification process.
Report documents the $201 million in aid the United States provided in 2010 to help 49 countries clear explosive remnants.
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U.S. Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Judy Heumann recently travelled through Africa.
Militants fighting to overthrow the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia have caused untold hardship in that troubled land.
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Violence against women and girls is a crime, not something private or cultural.
In 1981, the United Nations named today the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
World AIDS Day began as a way to increase awareness of the disease and support those affected by it.
United Nations study team determined that famine conditions have eased in three hard-hit areas of Somalia.
Just a few years ago, creating an AIDS-free generation would have been unimaginable.
For half a century, USAID has been a quiet force for progress around the world.
Three simultaneous outbreaks of cholera have sickened tens of thousands of people in Central and West Africa.
The future of politics will be decided in Asia.
Public-private partnership will combat cervical and breast cancer for women in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
With much of the island nation still lacking safe water and sanitation systems, an outbreak of cholera continues to grip Haiti.
