This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Allen Smart provides important considerations for rural health funders to consider in order to make an impact on health care. • What unique challenges and assets do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mason Adams explains how the Virginia state legislator has changed state policies to improve mental health care in the state. • What further improvements are needed? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karen Kahn discusses a report from Grantmakers in Aging that outlines strategies for philanthropists who want to make an impact on the opioid crisis. • What partnership opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Corianne Scally explains research on the connection between public housing and asthma that suggest HUD assistance recipients fare worse than their poor peers who did not receive public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen is holding leaders accountable to keep the promise of an Open Defecation Free world because poor and unsafe sanitation has led to deaths and dire…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Global Citizen, poor vision is leaving people in poverty and costing the global economy billions, demanding an intervention. Specifically in India, increased access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author profiles KR Liu, sales and marketing rep for Doppler Labs, a San-Francisco based wireless earbud maker. Liu also suffers from hearing loss and acts as an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • BBC News reports on the growing tuberculosis crisis in Papua New Guinea, which kills at least 10 people every day. With literacy low and language barriers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review takes a close look at the healthcare industry in both India and the U.S., finding five tenets of “value-based” care from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen reports that the excessive greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change are making parts of India uninhabitable because of the extreme heat. Joanna Prisco explains that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New trend alert! Healthcare Dive discusses the rise of micro-hospitals, facilities that have 10 beds (or fewer) and are built for only short-term stays. • These…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many rural states are struggling to reduce stigmas against individuals who have a mental health illness. However, Virginia is working toward policies that help to decriminalize mental illness…