This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a panel discussion organized by Food Tank, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), experts discuss what it will take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From school closures to devasted industries and millions of jobs lost–the social and economic costs of the pandemic are many and varied. Covid-19 is threatening to widen inequalities everywhere, undermine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines makes public health sense, economic sense, and moral sense. But if vaccine distribution remains as grossly inequitable as it is today, there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Establishing minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals can save lives, prevent readmissions, shorten hospital stays, and reduce costs, a new study finds. Researchers evaluated legislation enacted in 2016 in Queensland,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have been having so much fun making the rounds of social change, philanthropy and nonprofit-related podcasts. Many amazing podcast hosts have generously invited me on their shows to talk…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A crush of people mobbed a Manila site trying to get the Pfizer vaccine earlier this week. So, the Philippines has taken a “brand agnostic” approach and barred local governments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the study in Nature Climate Change, scientists quantified the costs of climate change impacts and of death and illness from air pollution. They found that concrete production causes about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. US President Joe Biden announced Monday that the US will send an additional 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to other countries, according to CNN. Along with sharing the 60 million doses the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken draws attention to climate change in the Arctic at meetings with other national officials this week in Iceland, an even greater threat looms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Smallpox has been eradicated from the face of the Earth following a highly effective, worldwide vaccination campaign. Paralytic poliomyelitis is no longer a problem in the U.S. because of development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a sign that food security and nutrition are increasingly seen as key vectors for sustainable development, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) approved a resolution likely to enrich and intensify…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. About 43% of global cities lack a plan for adapting to climate change issues, yet 93% say their people and infrastructure are at risk from climate change, according to a report from…