This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As the Ebola virus rages on in the Democratic Republic of Congo, debates are ongoing on whether or not doctors should deploy a second Ebola vaccine. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank discusses the ongoing revolution in food packaging technologies and explorations into adapting packaging and food preservation technologies to small-scale farmers. • Can small-scale farmers take advantage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a Hindu spiritual leader who runs a program called Yes! for Schools which encourages both students and teachers to participate in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Healthcare Anchor Network is a community of anchor institutions that commit to investing in place-based health solutions within their communities. • What health anchors are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to projections from the United Nations, the number of Venezuelan refugees will reach 5.4 million by the end of 2019. Isabel Diaz at Pacific Standard…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Elias Nosrati, Jacob Kang-Brown, Michael Ash, Martin McKee, Michael Marmot, and Lawrence P King investigated the relationship between drug use disorders and economic decline, incarceration rates, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Rockefeller Foundation, Ellen Agler of The END Fund explains how recent advances in medicine have made it possible to treat neglected tropical diseases, but only…
Giving Compass’ Take: · This video from The Heritage Foundation features Seema Verma discussing the idea of “Medicare for All” and what government-run healthcare would really mean for Americans. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Across the Middle East, urbanization, climate change, and resource scarcity threaten food security. These 16 food and agriculture initiatives redefine how the region grows, eats, and disposes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Citizens of Africa’s second-most populated country broke a world record when they planted 353,633,660 tree seedlings as part of a national reforestation campaign. • How can planting trees…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A school district tried to share wealthy parents’ donations with poor schools. Listen to what happens in this podcast from VOX. • How has school choice shown to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from RAND Corporation reveals that specialized medical care and coordination can improve chronic kidney disease outcomes and reduce costs. • How can funders best support the shifts…