This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During an event co-hosted by Food Tank and the Danone Institute North America, panelists discuss ways to nourish people and the planet, while also dismantling systemic racism and inequity. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world accelerates progress toward quality healthcare, governments must prioritize increased access to inclusive and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities. Clean water, decent toilets…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As economies grow from low- to middle-income and countries improve health outcomes, they are expected to transition away from health aid—external sources of health sector funding. It is a complex…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Midwives are routinely “overlooked and ignored” despite saving millions of lives a year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, urging the world to hire more women and safeguard new life.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. UNESCO has just announced the Philippine investigative journalist and media executive, Maria Ressa, as the winner of the Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom, which honors champions of media freedom,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While COVID-19 still spreads across the world, the need to maintain the fight against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases goes on. Thousands of front-line polio workers continue to fight polio…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States’ announcement that it backs waiving intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines could be a “game-changer” in the global fight to control the pandemic, health experts said…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jerome Lemelson was a restless dreamer and tinkerer who filled his notebooks with ideas that became the gadgetry of modern life. Barcode scanners. A video filing system. The mechanism that…
RAND senior policy researcher Ben Preston presents several climate change successes from recent years, including reduced costs to deploy renewable energy, commitment at international, national, state, and local levels to reduce emissions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As individuals alone we cannot make durable change on massive and complex issues like the ecological crisis or the current global pandemic. Personal habits like recycling or limiting airplane travel—or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A survey of close to 700 articles from different disciplines and regions of the world highlights key factors that contribute to this situation. These include Indigenous peoples’ reliance on traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vaccines are gradually becoming more widely available across the United States. But as the fight to ensure everyone can access them continues, the US is also entering the second phase of its…