Although there has "been a lot of great momentum lately about providing clean water for the nearly one billion people in the world without it The system to implement it" is missing, according to a blog post from the organization One. "If we want to make a difference in helping poor families around the world access clean water, we need a modern and efficient aid agency to deliver on our promises. USAID needs an overall plan for fighting poverty in order to get the most out of this amazing infusion of resources for providing clean water," according to the blog (McConnell, 9/16).

Blog: Congress Should Approve Spending Increase For Maternal Health, Family Planning In Foreign Ops Bill

Ana Langer, president of EngenderHealth, in a Huffington Post blog writes, "In this day and age, no woman should die giving life. And no woman should die because she was unable to plan her pregnancy. The health of mothers and their children is the currency that stabilizes communities and allows for economic development." Langer calls on Congress to include a spending increase for maternal health and family planning in the FY10 Foreign Operations Bill (9/14).

Blog: Integrated, Flexible Global Health Programs Desirable

"From the grassroots to the large organizations here in Tanzania or in Zambia, the answers have been similar: an integrated, coordinated, comprehensive and, most especially, flexible approach to global health by a major donor such as the United States is welcome," Vince Blaser, the Global Health Council's policy communications coordinator, writes on the council's "Blog 4 Global Health." Blaser's post is part of an eight part series examining several U.S.-funded programs in Tanzania and Zambia (9/10). 

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