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    Encouraging Healthy Habits to Lift Up African-American Women

    The Lily

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ashley Nguyen explains how GirlTrek is working to improve the health of African-American women who have been set up for health failure.  • How can funders increase participation…

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    Preventing Sexual Violence Through Comprehensive Sex Education

    Mashable

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Ruiz explains how comprehensive sex education can equip young people with the knowledge that they need to recognize and report sexual harassment and assault. • Why isn’t…

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    New Innovation Boosts Work of Epidemiologists

    Doctors Without Borders Jan 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) details a new project called The R for Epis (R4Epis) initiative that’s aiming to save epidemiologists time in a crisis. • R4Epis uses…

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    A Day in the Life of a Humanitarian Nursing Team

    Doctors Without Borders Jan 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) post details the efforts of pediatric nurses in Bangladesh, who are tracking their work through a smartphone app. •…

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    Ebola in DRC: Staying Safe in the Red Zone

    Doctors Without Borders Jan 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Saschveen Singh discusses the severity of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and explains how medics are staying safe in the “red zone” in the treatment…

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    Discussing Sexual Violence in Nigeria: Finding the Right Words

    Doctors Without Borders Jan 16, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Walker discusses her experience working with sexual violence outreach in Nigeria where language and cultural barriers are a major obstacle to finding survivors.  • How do communications…

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    Development Priorities: Gender Equality and Healthcare

    Global Citizen

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Mariam Claeson explains why the Global Financing Facility focuses their global development funding on gender equality and health and nutrition for women and children.  • Is the best…

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    Bird Box is Blind to the Issue of Stigmatizing Mental Illness

    Mashable Jan 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The author argues that the new Netflix movie ‘Bird Box’ does not address issues of mental illness, but rather further stigmatizes it by its portrayals of…

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    The Rise of Modern Loneliness: Four Essential Reads

    The Conversation Jan 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The author offers different views explaining the phenomenon of modern loneliness today and how it has shifted.  • How will this impact the future workforce? Will…

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    How Healthy Aging May Become the Norm in the Future

    Forbes Jan 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Forbes post, Collider Health founder and CEO Tina Woods discusses the future of aging and how technology that promotes longevity will no longer be…

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    How to Make an Impact for Individuals Suffering From Misophonia

    Milken Institute Jan 15, 2019

    What Is Misophonia? Misophonia is a condition in which specific sensory sensations, such as a particular sound, lead to a strong physical and emotional response. The stimuli causing the response…

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    Teen With Melanoma Gets Back to Doing What She Loves

    Seattle Children's Jan 14, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Seattle Children’s shares 17-year-old Ruth Garcia’s story about being diagnosed with melanoma, her surgery — and now getting back to doing what she loves: photography. •…

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