This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nikolaj Gilbert joined PATH, a global public health organization headquartered in Seattle, in January of 2020 – just as the first cases of COVID-19 began appearing globally and shortly before…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent Alliance magazine event on feminist philanthropy saw an excellent panel discuss a broad range of fascinating questions, such as: What is feminist philanthropy? How does it differ from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In January, the World Economic Forum put climate change and related risks at the top of its long-term threat list, displacing old worries from cyberattacks to economic instability. Then a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. United By Purpose Ten years ago, an engineer and an actor got together, determined to find answers to the desperate situations we witnessed all over the world. We had each…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, a former Zimbabwean cabinet minister was arrested for illegally selling parcels of state land. A few days earlier, a Malaysian court convicted the ex-chairman of a state-owned land development agency of corruption.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half of all global COVID-19 deaths reported over the last week were found in the Americas—reporting more than 1.3 million new cases and 37,000 deaths, PAHO reports. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we start to see the light at the end of the pandemic’s dark tunnel, inequities in the distribution of vaccines across countries are coming under intense scrutiny. Unequal vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prioritizing who receives the limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines available saves lives and reduces spread of infection, a new study shows. While there is mostly universal agreement that older people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ten years after the United Nations recognised water and sanitation as human rights, the world finds itself reeling from the devastating toll of COVID-19, a virus against which hand-washing and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The political leaders coming from around the world for California Gov. Jerry Brown’s climate action summit recently grappled with a lot of urgent deadlines to drive down emissions, but one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social distancing, more than 171 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been…