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  1. In this 2005 file photo, a worker tends to fields of sugar cane at Xinavane, north of Mozambique's capital Maputo. REUTERS

    Growing profits – and a greener planet

    28 January 2012 16:04 GMT | Comments ( 0 )

    Darryl Vhugen | Climate Conversations

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    Stories of struggling families emerge as Plan steps up relief in South Sudan

    27 January 2012 16:25 GMT | Comments ( 0 )

    Atem Dut | Aid Worker Diaries

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  3. Aliyatu Abdulai (R), a Sierra Leonean Maternal and Child Health Aide, administers a vaccine to a child at a village of Sembehun, outside the town of Bo in the southeast region of the West African country, May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Simon Akam

    Partnerships raise $38 million for child immunisation - GAVI

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    Seth Berkley | Health and Science

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  4. A child looks up while walking past the symbol of a ribbon to mark World Aids Day in Kathmandu November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

    Dispatch from Davos – The Global Fund’s 10-year journey

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    At Davos, I can’t help but think of a different scene playing out at Global-Fund supported clinics, writes Natasha F ...

  5. People gesture at a passing aid truck as they sit on a barrier protecting a factory from floods in Thailand’s Pathum Thani province, Oct. 14, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

    An aid system struggling to be ready, stay relevant

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