This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Two new studies are underway to test the effectiveness of a cocktail of vitamins and steroids for curing sepsis, which currently has no proven cure. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Open Philanthropy Project explores how we can use the power of scientific research to guard ourselves against outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. • Are we funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Henry J Kaiser Foundation examines the current alarming outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and compares the current health response to the outbreak…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Before President George W. Bush enacted PEPFAR, sub-Saharan Africa was struggling in a war against AIDS. Now, Devex reports that PEPFAR, still fighting against HIV and AIDS,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The California Wellness Foundation is making $13 million in grants aimed at closing the gap in medical research focused on women and people of color. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Celebrities are doing more than just entertaining the world, they’re helping to change it. MadameNoire reports on the philanthropic activities of well-known celebs like Oprah, Rihanna,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Council on Foreign Relations reports that President Trump is looking to weaken PEPFAR and other global health security programs in the near future. While an AIDS-free…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Around the world, immunizations are reported to save from 2 to 3 millions lives a year. Development Policy Centre of Australia discusses the importance of vaccines…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New state data show record-high STD cases in California in 2017, some of which lead to infant deaths. Experts site lack of education and access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • While the number of cases of HIV and AIDS are dropping, so are funding donors for the issue. This lack of funding may lead to a return of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mona Korejo shares her experience at Doctors Without Borders in a slum of Pakistan, where she found that engaging with the community to promote daily health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Devex interviews Dr. Pedro Alonso, director of the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Programme, about what needs to be done to eradicate the disease and where the funding…