Aga Khan University and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sign Agreement for Hospital Expansion in Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN, JULY 18, 2013 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today signed a... View Article

Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Big Challenges and Amazing Work

For awhile I was the only one at Table #9. I enjoy arriving early to conferences to get a good... View Article

Community-based Initiatives Improve Healthcare in East Africa

By David Hintch, Senior Health Program Officer for Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. As the new health program officer for the Aga... View Article

Let’s Be the Change We Want to See: Child Survival Call to Action

Every year 7.6 million children worldwide die before their fifth birthday from easily preventable causes.  Half of these deaths occur... View Article

In Pakistan, Community Savings Groups Save Lives

During my recent trip to Chitral (the northernmost District of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) I met Aisha, who showed me... View Article

Zainab delivers more than babies to her Pakistani community

I spent most of September in Pakistan, facilitating the midterm evaluation of our Chitral Child Survival Program. The first half... View Article

Simple Interventions & Better Lives in Kenya

Part of our Summer Travel Blog series! “We often struggle to explain international development to different audiences thinking it is... View Article