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USAID Press Releases, 2009

November

• 11/20/09: New USAID Mission Director for Benin Sworn In
• 11/19/09: U.S. Government Acts to Ameliorate Guatemala Malnutrition Crisis
• 11/18/09: USAID, Cubs Charities make a grand slam for health and basic education
• 11/12/09: USAID Relief Supplies Heading to Flood Victims in El Salvador
• 11/10/09: President Obama Announces Nomination of Rajiv Shah as USAID Administrator
• 11/05/09: New USAID Mission Director for Angola Sworn In
• 11/04/09: USAID Awards NetWorks Malaria Prevention Grant to Johns Hopkins, the Malaria Consortium and Catholic Relief Services
• 11/04/09: Radiohead, MTV EXIT, and USAID Music Video Collaboration to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking WIns Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award
• 11/03/09: International Medical Corps-Led Team Selected to Implement USAID Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 11/03/09: DAI-Led Team Selected to Implement USAID Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 11/03/09: USAID Awards Cooperative Agreement to AED to Enhance Communications about Emerging Pandemic Threats
• 11/03/09: UC Davis-Led Team Selected to Implement USAID Wildlife Surveillance Project to Detect and PREDICT Emerging Infectious Diseases

October

• 10/29/09: USAID and San Diego Padres a winning team for education in Dominican Republic
• 10/27/09: African Diaspora Marketplace Announces 60 Finalists; Entrepreneurial Proposals Collectively Represent More Than $22 Million in Diaspora Investment in African Communities
• 10/26/09: Growing Threat of Substandard and Counterfeit Medicines in Developing Countries Addressed by New USAID-USP Cooperative Agreement
• 10/26/09: Higher Education for Development Awards 13 More USAID-Funded Grants in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
• 10/21/09: USAID and Key Health Organizations Sign Consensus Statement on Family Planning as a Key Component of Post Abortion Care
• 10/21/09: USAID Launches Emerging Pandemic Threats Program
• 10/21/09: USAID Joins with Grameen Foundation to Launch Largest Guarantee in Program's History
• 10/15/09: USAID-funded scientist's agriculture initiative wins 2009 World Food Prize, improves food supply for millions in sub-Saharan Africa
• 10/14/09: Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control Holds First Quality Conference
• 10/13/09: USAID Provides Additional Emergency Assistance to Indonesia
• 10/13/09: USAID-funded economist wins Nobel Prize
• 10/09/09: Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies Named Employee Resource Group of the Year
• 10/09/09: USAID Awards Five-Year Grant, Strengthening Health Outcomes through Private Sector (SHOPS)
• 10/08/09: USAID Increases Capability To Deliver Emergency Food Aid Through A Worldwide Warehouse Program
• 10/06/09: U.S. Announces Community Grant Awards to Fight Malaria
• 10/02/09: USAID's Acting Administrator to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Festivities at DC's Hubbard Place Community Center
• 10/01/09: USAID Provides Emergency Aid in Aftermath of Sumatra Quake

September

• 09/30/09: 30 New Grant Awards Given To US Charitable Organizations to Fight Hunger
• 09/30/09: USAID Launches $20 Million Agricultural Support Facility
• 09/30/09: USAID Provides Additional Emergency Aid to Philippines
• 09/30/09: USAID Invests in Helping the People of Jordan
• 09/30/09: USAID Launches New Public-Private Partnership to Facilitate Impact Investing that Addresses Social and Environmental Challenges
• 09/28/09: USAID, General Mills, and PEPFAR Partner to Improve Food Processing in Africa
• 09/24/09: USAID's Amy Meyer Honored with "Sammie" Award for her Work in Pakistan
• 09/24/09: USAID Contributes $6 Million to Trust Fund Facility of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
• 09/17/09: USAID Hosts Dr. Beth Noveck as Featured Speaker for the USAID Administrator's Forum
• 09/09/09: USAID Supports Top-Reformers in Newly Released Doing Business 2010 Report
• 09/03/09: USAID partner IAVI makes groundbreaking HIV/AIDS discovery
• 09/02/09: Iftar Dinner Celebrated at USAID; Youth and Global Development
• 09/02/09: USAID Mission Uninterupted by Closure of Office Building
• 09/02/09: Peace Corps Volunteer returns to Ghana as Mission Director

August

• 08/19/09: USAID partners to Map the Afghanistan Elections, Invites All to Share Data on Open Platform
• 08/19/09: USAID Releases NGO Sustainability Report
• 08/19/09: USAID Salutes Humanitarians Worldwide
• 08/13/09: African Diaspora Marketplace Program Receives 733 Business Plan Proposals for Economic Growth in African Communities
• 08/09/09: USAID Acting Administrator Addresses Haitian Diaspora Unity Congress

July

• 07/15/09: USAID Co-Sponsors Open Development Camp, Highlights Innovative Ways to Collaborate
• 07/09/09: New USAID Mission Director for Morocco Sworn In
• 07/08/09: New USAID Mission Director for Ethiopia Sworn In
• 07/03/09: USAID Microfinance Program in Iraq Tops $300 Million in Micro-loans

June

• 06/24/09: Statement by Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Administrator, on the Guilty Verdict in the Deaths of USAID Staff
• 06/23/09: USAID Brings White House Service Initiative to Baltimore
• 06/19/09: New Mission Director to Cambodia Sworn In
• 06/17/09: Major League Baseball, USAID and Pedro Martinez join to help poor in the Dominican Republic
• 06/17/09: USAID, Iraqi Refinery Open Training Center to Strengthen Skills of IT Managers
• 06/16/09: USAID Commemorates Day of the African Child; Launches Two Decades Report on Child Survival and Maternal Health
• 06/06/09: USAID Supports Iraqi Company for Financing Small and Medium Enterprises
• 06/04/09: U.S. Contributes $75 Million for Childhood Immunization
• 06/03/09: "One Woman Initiative" Announces First Grants to Women's Organizations in Five Nations
• 06/02/09: USAID Forum Offers Iraqi Entrepreneurs Options for Financing Businesses
• 06/02/09: United States Agency for International Development Teams Up with Western Union to Launch African Diaspora Marketplace
• 06/01/09: USAID Hosts Mr. James Locher as a Featured Speaker for the USAID Administrator's Forum

May

• 05/29/09: New USAID Guyana Mission Director Sworn In
• 05/28/09: USAID Announces Partnership with RAED on Climate Change and Water Issues
• 05/28/09: USAID, World Bank Partner with Iraqis to Launch Social Safety Net Program
• 05/20/09: USAID Forum Advances Dialogue on Iraq's Five-Year National Development Plan
• 05/15/09: New USAID Mission Director for Pakistan Sworn In
• 05/14/09: Lincoln University Awarded USAID-Funded Partnership in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
• 05/14/09: Langston University Awarded USAID-Funded Partnership in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
• 05/14/09: Virginia State University Awarded USAID-Funded Partnership in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
• 05/14/09: USAID Announces a New Representative for Yemen
• 05/14/09: USAID Helps Upgrade the Skills of Iraqi Public Managers for Oil and Electricity
• 05/11/09: U.S. Increases Funding for Kenya's Family Planning and Reproductive Health Activities
• 05/08/09: U.S. Maternal Health Program: Marks 20 Years of Support to Mothers and Childbearing Women
• 05/08/09: USAID Announces New Mission Director for Afghanistan
• 05/06/09: USAID Honored With Two Service to America Medal Finalists
• 05/06/09: USAID Prepares to Expand Capacity Building Program Across Iraqi Provinces

April

• 04/29/09: USAID Cooperates in Pandemic Preparedness Initiative
• 04/28/09: USAID Provides $5M in Emergency Support as Swine Flu Spreads
• 04/24/09: USAID Recognizes World Malaria Day
• 04/23/09: USAID Helps Establish First National Park in Afghanistan
• 04/23/09: U.S. Malaria Initiative Releases Third Annual Report
• 04/21/09: Volunteers for Prosperity Program Authorization Signed into Law
• 04/17/09: Secretary Clinton announces $12.5 million to improve Dominican public schools teaching
• 04/16/09: South African Schoolchildren Gain Clean Water and Sanitation
• 04/16/09: USAID Convenes Panel on Opening the Federal Government to Innovations
• 04/13/09: Twenty Partnerships Awarded USAID-Funded Grants in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Grant Competition
• 04/07/09: U.S., Pakistan Collaborate on $24 Million Energy Project

March

• 03/25/09: Major Milestone Reached in Global Maternal Health
• 03/25/09: USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in Senegal
• 03/24/09: Press Statement From Acting USAID Administrator, Alonzo Fulgham: USAID Recognizes World Tuberculosis Day
• 03/24/09: USAID Collaborates with Iraqis to Reopen Vocational Training School
• 03/24/09: USAID Announces Newly Approved FC2 Female Condom® to Protect Sexual Health of Women in Developing Countries
• 03/22/09: World Water Day
• 03/20/09: Strategic partnership signed to advance water utilities in the Middle East and Africa
• 03/18/09: Partnership to Prevent HIV among Vulnerable Russian Youth
• 03/18/09: USAID and Rotary Clubs Join to Provide Clean Water and Improved Sanitation Worldwide
• 03/17/09: USAID Completes Oil Spill Cleanup
• 03/12/09: USAID Launches Cancer Early Detection Program in Georgia
• 03/10/09: Distinguished Speakers Recognize International Women's Day at USAID
• 03/10/09: USAID and IOM Announce HIV Prevention and Care for Farm Workers
• 03/09/09: USAID Partnership with Iraqis Helps Revitalize Orchards, Vineyards
• 03/09/09: USAID Announces New Sudan Director
• 03/06/09: USAID and OPIC Launch A New Initiative for African Entrepreneurs
• 03/05/09: USAID Launches Three New Tourism Initiatives
• 03/04/09: USAID Conference Advances Ideas on Farm Water Management in Iraq
• 03/04/09: USAID Blindness Program Assists One Million Children in 23 Countries

February

• 02/27/09: USAID Helps Flood Victims in Colombia
• 02/27/09: USAID Transitions Pension Reform Initiatives to World Bank
• 02/26/09: United States Government Launches Program to Strengthen Labor Rights in Colombia
• 02/25/09: USAID and Coca-Cola Partner to Bring Clean Water to Mozambique
• 02/20/09: USAID Opens Shawakeh Fish Market to Attract Businesses, Restore Stability
• 02/20/09: Secretary Clinton Visits USAID Programs in Indonesia
• 02/19/09: USAID Launches A New Basic Education Program In Senegal
• 02/13/09: Flower Sales Help Cultivate Peace in Colombia
• 02/11/09: USAID Provides Malaria Assistance to Zimbabwe
• 02/06/09: USAID Assists in Aftermath of Liberia's Caterpillar Infestation

January

• 01/28/09: USAID Sends Additional Assistance for Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak
• 01/28/09: Fulgham Designated as Acting USAID Administrator
• 01/26/09: President Obama Rescinds Mexico City Policy
• 01/23/09: New Partnership to Ensure South Asia's Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
• 01/23/09: USAID Launches Community Connector
• 01/23/09: USAID Welcomes Secretary of State Clinton
• 01/14/09: USAID Named "Organization of the Year" by Bolivian Newspaper El Diario
• 01/09/09: USAID Hosts 1st Development 2.0 Challenge Awards Ceremony for Technology Innovators
• 01/09/09: USAID Partners with The Tech Awards to Promote Innovation for Development
• 01/02/09: U.S. Government Provides Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

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