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Submitting guest blogs is open to Global Washington’s members of the Atlas level and above. We value a diversity of opinions on a broad range of subjects of interest to the global health and development community.
Blog article submissions should be 500-1500 words. Photos, graphs, videos, and other art that supports the main themes are strongly encouraged.
You may not be the best writer, and that’s okay. We can help you shape and edit your contribution. The most important thing is that it furthers an important conversation in your field, and that it is relatively jargon-free. Anyone without a background in global development should still be able to engage with your ideas.
If you include statistics or reference current research, please hyperlink your sources in the text, wherever possible.
Have an idea of what you’d like to write about? Let’s continue the conversation! Email comms@globalWA.org and put “Blog Idea” in the subject line.
Posted on March 28, 2025
By Peter Mutua and Grace Roberts, World Concern
Child receiving deworming medicine. Photo: World Concern
Soil Transmitted Helminths, more commonly known as intestinal parasites, pose a significant public health threat to millions around the world. As a result of limited access to clean water, healthcare and handwashing facilities, intestinal parasites have a high prevalence in the Horn of Africa. Intestinal parasites affect one’s overall health and produce symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and exhaustion. In extreme cases, they cause malnutrition and impaired growth, which is particularly detrimental for children.[1] These parasites impact a child’s nutrition at a critical stage in their physical and cognitive development, thus limiting their ability to go to school, causing emotional and financial strain upon their family. Through mass distributions of de-worming medicine, the treatment for this infection prevents further complications to a child’s health, reduces their risk of malnutrition, and improves cognitive function.
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Posted on March 25, 2025
By Henry Chungu, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, The Hunger Project – Malawi
A cooking demonstration in Malawi hosted by nutrition animators. Photo: The Hunger Project
To create a world without hunger, we need to invest in holistic solutions that support people to feel empowered to overcome their situation and drive change in their communities.
Hunger is caused by many interconnected challenges. For example, around the world, young girls are forced to marry early to reduce the burden on their families. These girls, not fully developed, start having babies early. Malnourished mothers give birth to malnourished babies, who then suffer from impaired cognitive and physical growth, preventing them from reaching their full potential. In Malawi, the dire consequences of malnutrition are evident, with over 500,000 children under five experiencing its effects, according to UNICEF.
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Posted on March 13, 2025
By Joel Meyers, Director of Communications, GlobalWA
Working together, we are stronger. Photo: Tumisu/Pixabay
On February 26, 2025, GlobalWA’s Communications Collective held a closed-door webinar for our members. As part of the registration, we asked key questions to provide us with insights into the main challenges our members were facing related to current executive orders to help us tune our discussion. We held an active, participatory 75-minute session primarily focused on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in communications in the current political environment, yet nearly all of the takeaways below apply to any communications.
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