This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the Global Health Council: “Global health security means having strong public health and emergency responses in place around the world to stop the spread of infectious diseases across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In today’s climate of shrinking budgets and dwindling international aid, development professionals around the globe are working to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of NGO-Local Government Collaboration. To achieve those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a surgeon, when I see patients referred to my clinic with a surgical problem such as a hernia or gallbladder disease, they usually bring their medical records from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.N. human rights office will tackle sexual harassment and establish a volunteer network of in-house “first responders” to address inappropriate conduct, heeding the U.N. secretary-general’s call that more be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s election week and there are important races happening all across the country. Will voters turn out? And what role can philanthropy play in nurturing a healthy democracy? Americans are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yesterday, House Republicans issued their tax reform bill, H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As was anticipated, the tax reform bill doubles the standard deduction, reducing the number…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The #MeToo campaign has taken us toward reducing the stigma of sexual violence, which exists in all corners of the world. This includes the humanitarian community, where 86 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The newly appointed executive director of the United Nations Population Fund has described a situation of injustice when it comes to women and girls’ access to reproductive health and rights,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The normalizing of charter schools proceeds at a land-record speed given the typical pace of educational change. To wit: Gentrifying white families, for lack of “good” schools, now demand charters,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The development community should seek to bridge the divide between relief work in developed and developing countries, the CEO of Direct Relief has said — and dropping the jargon that can…
This fact sheet offers estimates of the populations that could potentially benefit under five legislative proposals. Drawing upon a unique MPI methodology that permits analysis and modeling of characteristics of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A panel consisting of new and seasoned advocates, pushing for a variety of social changes, explained that despite a changing world bombarded with negative imagery, change was possible through advocacy.…