This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an interview with National Geographic, Bill and Melinda Gates said if they could wave a magic wand and fix any problems, they would create better access…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, the Iranian Americans’ Contributions Project profiles Dr. Kaveh Alizadeh, a plastic surgeon who leads Mission: Restore (a nonprofit that provides free healthcare education). • Dr.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings Institute examines the inherent challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3, focusing on global health, and argues that new technology will be needed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an infographic, Adam Mordecai reveals the long-term consequences of a fake study that falsely connected vaccines with autism, decreasing vaccination rates and increasing child mortality, even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine reports on a new blood test that might be able to measure one’s biological clock, which could help pinpoint the best time to take medicine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian magazine profiles a remarkable high school sophomore from Maryland named Jack Andraka, who may have invented a groundbreaking new test that can detect pancreatic cancer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is still far off track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Consider some figures on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine reports on the top ten myths about the brain, revealing the intricacies of this organ. • How can philanthropists and private funding help researchers gather…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen raises concerns over a new CNN report that shows how airborne polluted particles can travel into pregnant women’s placenta, jeopardizing fetal health. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Fogg reports that social prescribing is a form of preventative health care that meets patients needs in ways that don’t enforce medication but instead are catered to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly discusses how the consequences of poverty, racism and other social inequities have an outsized impact on health — and whether health systems can enact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jake Schneider and Darrell M. West explain how governments and NGOs can help private investments in global health R&D to grow and produce results by increasing…