Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
Fortune: How Bill and Melinda Gates Are Transforming Life for Billions in the 21st Century “The Gates Foundation is transforming the lives of billions of people — but it wouldn’t be the force it has become without the distinctive visions of the couple behind it. The staff of Fortune recently…
Financial Times: Philanthropy’s blighted reputation threatens global giving Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy “Charitable giving worldwide supports a diverse and vital group of non-government organizations working on issues from disaster relief and global poverty to educational opportunities for girls. But today, at least in the U.S.,…
Devex: ‘Wise persons’ to scrutinize E.U. development finance (Chadwick, 4/16). Devex: Q&A: ICRC chief on why international NGOs ‘are at extreme risk’ (Igoe, 4/16). Devex: Q&A: How a skeptic helped design Co-Impact’s approach to giving (Cheney, 4/17). Fast Company: Bill Gates isn’t scared of sharks, but he wants nothing to…
Gates Notes: These maps could point the way to stopping malaria In recognition of Mosquito Week, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explores the science behind malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases and highlights the importance of data and mapping technology in making progress against malaria (4/15).
Associated Press: In South Sudan, midwives bring down deaths despite the odds (Mednick, 4/13). Borgen Magazine: The World’s Largest Refugee Camp: Life in Cox’s Bazar (Dunphey, 4/15). Forbes: Here Is A Major Soil Problem That Will Affect Health (Lee, 4/14). Fox News: Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people (Aaro,…
Associated Press/Dallas News: George W. Bush honors Bill and Melinda Gates in Dallas with leadership award (4/11). The Lancet: Disease X and other unknowns (Honigsbaum, 4/13). NPR: Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees (Beaubien, 4/11). NPR: South Korean Court Strikes Down Decades-Old Abortion Ban (Gong, 4/12). Quartz: An…
CNN: Half a million children at risk as Libya violence continues: UNICEF (McKirdy, 4/10). CNN: This drug-resistant fungus is spreading. Scientists warn of new superbugs to come (Nedelman, 4/10). Forbes: How a Gates Foundation Backed Fund is Revolutionizing Global Health Impact Investing (Harris, 4/9). The Guardian: Why should we Yemenis…
FT Health: WHO maps out health inequalities The latest issue of the Financial Times’ weekly global health newsletter discusses data from the recently released World Health Statistics 2019, which highlights the prevalence of health inequality worldwide, and features an interview with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates…
Borgen Magazine: Health Care and Disease in Sri Lanka (Sherrington, 3/29). CNN: In world first, HIV-positive woman donates kidney to HIV-positive recipient (Scutti, 3/28). Devex: Could Nigeria’s HIV rate be just half what was thought? (Adepoju, 4/1). Devex: Q&A: Hewlett Foundation’s Ruth Levine on how donors can stop ‘undercutting chances…
Reuters: Bill Gates urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to ‘get to zero’ in polio fight “Local Afghan Taliban leaders are hindering global efforts to end polio, but Afghanistan and Pakistan must continue their fight to ‘get to zero’ cases, the philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday. In a telephone interview with…
