MDG Centre

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Why Columbia set up an innovation Center in Kenya
Business Daily, April 2013

Tanzania hosts global 'One Million Community Health Workers Campaign' forum
www.1millionhealthworkers.org , April 2013

MDGs Case Study: Kenya
Think. Magazine, January 2013

University Opens Its First Global Center in Africa
Global Impact, January 2013

Kibaki says he's proud of reforms in education sector
Capital News, January 2013

Columbia University opens first Center for Africa in Nairobi
Capital Campus, January 2013

Columbia University establishes first center for Africa in Nairobi
KBC News, January 2013

Columbia University launches Nairobi centre
NTVKenya, January 2013

Columbia University established its first center for Africa in Nairobi
Statehouse Press Service, January 2013

Africa: Sustainable Development Solutions Network Announces New Regional Center in Africa
AllAfrica.com, January 2013

Africa: Columbia University Establishes First Global Center for Africa
AllAfrica.com, January 2013

University Opens Global Center in Nairobi, Kenya
Global Impact, Columbia University, January 2013

New Nairobi Global Center first in Africa
Columbia Spectator, January 2013

Sustainable Development Solutions Network Announces New Regional Centers in Africa
Sustainable Development Solutions Network, January 2013

US varsity opens regional research centre in Nairobi
The East African, January 2013

Smart dispenser takes water closer to the poor
Business Daily, January 2013

Columbia University opens center for Africa in Nairobi
Business Daily, January 2013

Columbia University of US opens Nairobi center
The People, January 2013

Center sets up research base in Africa
Standard, January 2013

Columbia University sets up center in Nairobi
The People, January 2013

Kibaki opens Columbia University Africa center
The People, January 2013

Launch of varsity's new center
Daily Nation, January 2013

Unique teaching center launched
Daily Nation, January 2013

New Nairobi hub to ride on ICT solutions for development
Business Daily, January 2013

Research Hub Welcome
Business Daily, January 2013

Millennium Villages launch Connect to Learn scholarship in ZA
The Nation, October 2012

Country school kids build global class room
NCA, October 2012

Communicating science in the developing world, but how?
WIRED Magazine, October 2012

Unilever announces new initiative
Huffington Post, October 2012

Global Handwashing Day: Need for greater political commitment, investment and cooperation
Huffington Post, October 2012

Unilever brings hygiene education to Millennium Villages
Guardian, October 2012

How business is leading the battle to solve global sanitation crisis
Guardian, October 2012

Earth Institute and Unilever partner to improve one billion lives
Business Day, October 2012

Kenya on track to achieve child Millennium Development Goals
Coast Weekly, October 2012

Unilever and Millennium Villages Promote Handwashing
Millennium Villages Field Notes, October 2012

Saving 600,000 lives a year - what will it take
CSR Newswire, October 2012

Unilever Addresses Public Health Crisis
Brand Channel, October 2012

Poverty, Access, Malnutrition and Hygiene: Pursuing an integrated solution for the Millennium Development Goals
CSR Newswire, October 2012

Washing up and saving lives by the millions
Huffington Post, October 2012

Handwashing Day Marked
Citizen TV, October 2012

Kenya joins Global Handwashing Day
KTN, October 2012

UN Announces Sachs' leadership of new Sustainability Initiative
Earth Instiute, September 2012

Rwanda to scale up Millennium Villages approach nation wide
Millennium Villages Field Notes, September 2012

"Ekirooto," the dreaming weaver cooperative
Millennium Villages Field Notes, August 2012

Daily Mail retracts false claim about Millennium Villages
Millennium Villages Field Notes, August 2012

Millennium Villages summer internship blogs
Millennium Villages Field Notes, August 2012

Evaluating the impact of aid to Africa: Lessons from the Millennium Villages
Overseas Development Institute, July 2012

In Uganda con Tommy Hilfiger: la poverta e la speranza
Grazia, June 2012

Souvenirs d’Ouganda
L'Express, June 2012

Tommy Hilfiger aide l'Ouganda
Le Vif, June 2012

Tommy Hilfiger Helpt Africa
Knack, June 2012

Millennium Villages corrects Lancet paper
Millennium Villages Field Notes, May 2012

Global health within our grasp, if we dont give up
CNN, May 2012

Millennium Villages show how a little money can go a long way in vital healthcare
BBC, May 2012

Village project a success in curbing child deaths
Daily Nation, May 2012

Development project touts healthy victory
Nature, May 2012

Breakthroughs in health in the Millennium Villages
Huffington Post, May 2012

Child Deaths Fall in Millennium Villages
Aid News, May 2012

Child Mortality Drops Sharply in the Millennium Villages
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, May 2012

Tommy Hilfiger Launches Promise Collection to Support Ruhiira
Millennium Villages Field Notes, April 2012

Scholarships Brighten Future of Young Girls in Rural Kenya
Millennium Villages Field Notes, April 2012

The Costs and Benefits of the Millennium Villages: Correcting the Center for Global Development
Millennium Villages Field Notes, April 2012

Pigs Give Women's Group a Boost in Income and Security
Millennium Villages Field Notes, March 2012

Millennium Villages Shed Light on Water and Food Security on World Water Day
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, March 2012

Six Months in Ethiopia as a Health Volunteer
Millennium Villages Field Notes, March 2012

Solar Power Lights up New Business in Uganda Village
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, February 2012

Solar LED lanters change Mbola Village
Panasonic, February 2012

Columbia University opens first center for Africa in Nairobi
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, January 2012

Millennium Villages Project plants trees in Zomba
The Nation, January 2012

Millennium Village reforests Mwandama
The Daily Times, January 2012

Siya village on course to achieve millennium goal
Standard, November 2011

Tanzania: Life Inovation Container donated to Mobla village
Panasonic, November 2011

Sauri Millennium Village school feeding program receives Kenya-wide attention
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, October 2011

Millennium Villages gets Sh300 Million Solar Facility
The Citizen, October 2011

Business and Cooperative training to boost second phase of the Millennium Villages Project
Millennium Villages Field Stories, October 2011

Tanzania Courts Foreign Investors for Rapid Growth
The Citizen, October 2011

Perspectives on Monitoring and Evaluation in the African Millennium Villages
Millennium Promise, October 2011

The Millennium Villages Project is working well
Guardian, October 2011

Social Media Leapfrogs Drough-Hit Nation into a new Generational Order
AllAfrica.com, October 2011

Billionaire, UN expand EA Village Project
East African, October 2011

Mobile Phone: Weapon Against Global Poverty
CNN, October 2011

UN Project makes "tremendous breakthroughs towards MDGs: Director
Shanghai Daily, October 2011

UN-backed Millennium Villages Project in Africa launches second phase
UN News Centre, October 2011

Billionaire George Soros giving 27.4 million for African villages development project
Washington Post, October 2011

Press Conference on Millennium Villages Project
UN Press Conference, October 2011

Millennium Villages on Track to Reach 2015 Goals
UN Press Conference Broadcast, October 2011

Soros giving 27.4 million to village project
Associated Press, October 2011

The Power to End Poverty
Project Syndicate, October 2011

Sacco Mayange roots for self reliance
The New Times, October 2011

Rwanda to Scale Up Millennium Villages Model
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, September 2011

Mobile Links Bring Progress to Millennium Villages
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, September 2011

Gov't, U.S. Varsity Partner to Accelerate MDGs
The New Times, September 2011

MDG Centre hosts the Merry Year Foundation
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, August 2011

Flow of Change: Piped water arrives in Ruhiira, Uganda
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, August 2011

JM Eagle CEO Walter Wang Tours Millennium Villages in East Africa
State of the Planet, Earth Institute, August 2011

100 Isingiro girls receive bursaries
Daily Monitor, August 2011

Anti-drought success story
Citizen TV News, August 2011

Famine and hope in the horn of Africa
Project Syndicate, July 2011

The Horn on Africa crisis is a warning to the world
The Guardian, July 2011

Government to introduce health information system
Daily Monitor, July 2011

Jeffrey Sachs on Uganda economic growth
NTV Uganda, July 2011

Relief aid no solution to Africa drought
News 24, July 2011

Drought Disaster
The Standard, July 2011

Jeffrey Sachs blames Europe for drought, hunger in Africa
The Standard, July 2011

Somalia cries for help as world boosts drought response
AFP, July 2011

Knee-jerk response to drought must end
Capital FM, July 2011

Mobile phones to speed up healthcare delivery in East Africa
The East African, July 2011

Drought-hit Kenya struggles to provide for Somali refugees
AlertNet, July 2011

'Muslims must adapt to change'
Arab News, June 2011

Food security has global implications
Politico, June 2011

Mwandama impresses Japanese Ambassador
The Nation, April 2011

Villagers get boost on MDGs
The Citizen, April 2011

Tommy Hilfiger foundation supports education in Isingiro
Daily Monitor, April 2011

Tanzania: Millennium Village strives to fight poverty
Shout-Africa, April 2011

Africa has problems, but not everything is tragic
The New Times, March 2011

Th!NK visits Sauri
European Journalism Centre, February 2011

Bean crops may cut fertilizer use, subsidy costs
Voice of America (VOA), December 2010

Uganda urged to develop mobile network
The New Vision, November 2010

Reducing death in childbirth
ABC Radio National, November 2010

Evaluating the Millennium Villages: a response to Clemens and Demombynes
Millennium Villages blog, October 2010

Sauri village chases millennium goal
The Standard, October 2010

Life after birth: making motherhood safer in Kenya
Reuters AlertNet, October 2010

In Kenya, proof that the Millennium goals can work
The Independent, September 2010

Village becomes lab for curing Africa's problems
Associated Press (AP), September 2010

Women hold key to MDGs but...
Irin News, September 2010

Drylands pose challenge to achieving MDGs
Capital News, September 2010

Millennium Development Village: A case study
The East African, August-September 2010

Nutrition initiative at the Millennium villages
Kenya Nutrition Bulletin, July-September 2010

Poverty plights environment in Malawi
Street News Service, August 2010

Government to help Karamajong pastoralists settle down
The New Vision, August 2010

WFP doubles food bought in Uganda Millennium Village
WFP, July 2010

East Africa in drive to develop neglected drylands
Agence France-Presse (AFP), July 2010

Tabora village to access water
The Citizen, June 2010

First Lady hails initiative for Karamoja
The New Vision, June 2010

Low-cost thrills in Millennium Village data
The Huffington Post, May 2010

Millennium Villages Project ICT Director in Time 100 list
Time Magazine, April 2010

Madonna's Malawi mission
Associated Press (AP), April 2010

Madonna visits Malawi project
BBC News, April 2010

UN chief points the way forward to meet anti-poverty goals
United Nations Radio, March 2010

Tanzania's president visits Millennium Village
Daily News, March 2010

Shower of aid brings flood of progress
The New York Times, March 2010

Pinda lauds scientific agriculture
The Citizen, February 2010

Africa's good news
The Jerusalem Post, February 2010

Why Mwandama now laughs at hunger
Africa News, February 2010

UN village project provides model for ending poverty
The National, February 2010

Partnership may breathe new life into drylands long
The Standard, January 2010

Mayange's anti-hunger campaign commended
The New TImes, January 2010

Sack helped me think business, says farmer
The Standard, January 2010

'Now is time for Korea to help out'
The Korea Times, December 2009

Glenn Denning talks about the Millennium Villages on Australian radio
ABC Radio National, December 2009

Saving babies from HIV infection
Sunday Monitor, December 2009

UN village experiment shows healthy progress
The Observer, November 2009

Isingiro's MDGs project overturns peasants fortunes
The Observer, November 2009

Kenya: Improving PMTCT services through Millennium Villages
Irin News, October 2009

Village records increased crop yield, attains MDGs
The Standard, October 2009

Rwanda: Better cooking stoves for smoke free meals
The New Times, September 2009

Rwanda: Millennium Village brings prosperity and unity
Focus Media, August 2009

Green energy for a remote part of Kenya
Capital News, July 2009

Kenya has potential to achieve MDGs, says centre
Daily Nation, July 2009

A thriving community in a sea of poverty
The National, June 2009

A visit to Mbola Millennium Village in Tanzania
Africa News, June 2009

Havens of hope: the Ugandan villages on target to meet millennium development goals
The Guardian, May 2009

What can we learn from Jeffrey Sachs' millennium villages
The Guardian, May 2009

African leaders pursue 'Malawi miracle'
Worldwatch Institute, May 2009

Community health workers for better health
Daily Monitor, May 2009

Water source gives despised village a new name
Daily Monitor, April 2009

Modern technology to improve farmers’ yields
Daily Monitor, February 2009

Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green Revolution
PLoS Biology, January 27, 2009