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Health COVID-19 Fact sheet, September 2022

Haiti has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world.


Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Airbase Area Project

Bien Hoa Air Base was the primary Agent Orange storage and handling site during the U.S.-Vietnam War and is the largest remaining dioxin hotspot in Vietnam.


Testimony of Sarah Charles Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance U.S. Agency for International Development Before the Committee on Foreign Relations

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Sudan and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) response.


FY 2024 Budget Request for East Asia and the Pacific

Chairman Van Hollen, Ranking Member Romney, Distinguished Committee Members:


Advancing Security and Prosperity Through International Conservation

Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, distinguished members of the Subcommittee:


Administrator Samantha Power’s Interview with Kosovo’s ATV

Dear viewers, the visit by Ms. Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Cooperation [Development] and a member of the National Security Council led by President Biden, has been the most important visit to Kosovo by an official of the Biden administration.


Administrator Samantha Power’s Remarks to Press Following Her Meeting with Kosovo President Osmani

Thank you so much Madam President. I am so grateful to you for hosting me here today.


Attack on U.S. Convoy in Nigeria

News Release: Unknown assailants yesterday attacked a convoy of two U.S. government vehicles in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state, Nigeria. The convoy was carrying nine Nigerian nationals: five employees of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria and four members of the Nigeria Police Force. They were traveling in advance of a planned visit by U.S. Mission personnel to a U.S.-funded flood response project in Anambra.


Administrator Samantha Power and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti Hold a Press Conference

Question for the Prime Minister. Today is the announcement of the first solar energy auction.


DOS-OES grant application closes on July 13

Grassroots Embattled Environmental Defenders Capacity Building and Small Grants grant opened on May 18.


Administrator Samantha Power’s Remarks to Press

I just completed an amazing hike with remarkable young people who bring really diverse histories, really diverse perspectives, come from different communities here in Kosovo, but share a desire to see the common humanity in everybody.


Administrator Samantha Power at a Solar Auction Launch in Kosovo

Thank you so much Prime Minister Kurti and thank you Minister Rizvanolli.


Administrator Samantha Power Holds a Press Availability in Kravarice, Kosovo

Good afternoon, everybody. I am thrilled to be here in Kosovo with our Ambassador and our USAID Mission Director, and members of our team.


Administrator Samantha Power’s Remarks to Press

I'm someone who has a long history in this region. I was a journalist in the former Yugoslavia, you might say, in the early to mid 1990s, and traveled to Serbia at that time and spent a couple months here off and on during the war time.


Administrator Samantha Power speaks with Radio Television Serbia

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Well, one of the first things I did – the first thing I did when I got off the plane here in Belgrade, my first time back, literally in decades was to go right to the school to lay flowers and try to pay my respects on my own behalf and on the behalf of President Biden, and behalf of the American people.


Administrator Samantha Power Holds a Press Conference in Belgrade, Serbia

Dobar dan. It is wonderful to be back in Serbia – for me, for the first time in more than a quarter century, I believe.


Administrator Samantha Power at an Innovation Hub in Belgrade

Hvala vam puno. Dobro veče. Bila sam novinarka ovde u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, back in the day. Thank you very much. Good evening. I was a journalist here, in ex Yugoslavia, back in the day.


USAID, Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, to Host Diia in DC Event on US-Ukraine Partnership for E-Government Innovation

On Tuesday, May 23 at 10 a.m. EDT, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation will host the first-ever Diia in DC event.


Administrator Samantha Power Concludes Trip to Kosovo

On her last day in Kosovo, USAID Administrator Samantha Power met the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Dr. Vjosa Osmani. Administrator Power emphasized the U.S. government’s commitment to supporting Kosovo’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration and discussed the importance of normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.


Administrator Samantha Power and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti Launch Kosovo’s First Ever Solar Auction

Today, Administrator Samantha Power joined Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Albin Kurti and Minister of Economy Artane Rizvanolli to announce Kosovo's first-ever solar auction.