Feb 13 2013
Writing in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Joe Cerrell, director of the foundation's Europe office, reports on deliberations by the E.U. on Friday on a "budget deal that would show deep cuts to life-saving aid for the world's poorest." He writes, "European governments are facing some very difficult decisions. But it's crucial to remember that aid is only a small fraction of the European Commission's proposed budget and cutting back on it isn't going to solve our current fiscal challenges." He adds, "I hope that European governments demonstrate real leadership and commitment to continue transforming millions of lives of the world's poorest" (2/8).
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 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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