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The ability to provide resources to solve the problem is a key role for philanthropy: Elizabeth Yee, Rockefeller Foundation
Elizabeth Yee serves as the Rockefeller Foundation’s Executive Vice President for Programs, where she leads the foundation’s global initiatives, regional operations, partnerships, and learning & impact efforts. She joined the organization in 2019 as Managing Director for Climate and Resilience, later taking on the role of Chief of Staff. Prior to that, she held senior positions at 100 Resilient Cities and built a 17-year career in infrastructure finance with Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, and Barclays, where she completed more than $30 billion worth of transactions.
Three kitchens in free nutritious meal program shut down after food poisoning cases
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has closed three kitchens of the Nutritional Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) under the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program in Garut, Tasikmalaya, and Banggai Islands regencies, following food poisoning incidents linked to their operations.
Nutrition Agency reports 4,700 cases of illness linked to free meals program
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has found that around 4,700 portions of the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program caused health issues among schoolchildren following a mapping exercise across three regions of Indonesia.
Govt asked to immediately conduct clinical trials of “Bill Gates” TB vaccine
Health Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) asked Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin to accelerate clinical trials and distribution of the Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed with the support of U.S. tycoon Bill Gates.