The world is off track to meet its own goal of ending hunger by 2030, and it’s not clear if anyone in power will ever be held accountable for the…
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Click here for more.After a rocky start, the $108 million Global Health Investment Fund has made its 10th investment, leading a $10 million financing for Vienna-based Themis Bioscience, which has made good progress…
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Click here for more.After rapid decreases in the burden of disease in the developing world since 2000, funding for global health treatment and research has plateaued or is in decline. Meanwhile, the World…
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Click here for more.The fact is, the US has always been an unreliable world citizen when it comes to climate change diplomacy. We have always been extremely demanding, with exceedingly small “win sets” available for…
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Click here for more.Since the end of August, more than half a million Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim minority in Burma (Myanmar), have fled violence in that country and crossed the border into Bangladesh…
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Click here for more.It may be a new year, but Melinda Gates is still committed to using her platform and voice to empower women throughout the world. The co-founder of the Bill &…
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Click here for more.In the last six months of 2017, more than 600,000 people, over half of the Rohingya population of Rakhine state, an area in Western Burma (the nation also called Myanmar),…
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Click here for more.Roughly 52 percent of the world remains offline. With the internet shouldering more of the global economy — as well as education, agriculture, healthcare, and government services — the world’s…
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Click here for more.By 2050, the world’s population is expected to rise to over 9 billion, with 2 billion people above the age of 60. Governments have agreed on a very ambitious set…
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Click here for more.2017 was the year for environmental campaigns, both in North America and abroad. Broad coalitions like the We Are Still In and March for Science signaled, amid loosening of environmental…
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Click here for more.Not many people understand the importance of placing social good and diversity at the core of company values quite like Maribeth Pyne, the founder and CEO of dome BEAUTY. When she…
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Click here for more.Those of you reading this who know me or have seen my Facebook feed will know that beyond my sharing of posts related to FieldWorks my second-most shared passion topic…