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Global Health
As the U.S. Dials Back AIDS Relief, Can Philanthropy Maintain Lifesaving Services?
A Bold Reset: Philanthropy’s Chance to Reimagine Global Health Now
Can Philanthropy Cover for Government Cuts to Global Health? Yes — Sometimes
Bill Gates Defends His Legacy on Vaccines and Highlights the Threat to Global Health
Hank Green on Digital Age Philanthropy and Decreasing “World Suck”
Seven Questions for Supermodel and Maternal Health Advocate Christy Turlington Burns
The Beginnings Fund: Good News for Mothers and Children as Aid Funding Collapses
Nine Questions for Peter Singer on Effective Altruism, Global Poverty and Giving with Impact
How Donors Can Maximize Impact Following USAID Cuts: The PRO Initiative
Gates Embraces “Giving While Living.” Now He Needs to Pay More Attention to Power
Gates Sets An End Date: 2045. But Do We Really Know How Much He’ll Spend?
Political Reality Catches Up with the Gates Foundation
Is It Time for Bill Gates to Get Angry?
The Future of International Development Is Mutual Aid, Not Donor Aid
Focus Central America
OVERVIEW: Focus Central America supports organizations in select countries in Central America that are working in health, education, development, community building in the region. IP TAKE: Focus Central America is steered by a family whose … [Read more...] about Focus Central America
Open Philanthropy Backs the Search for New Cures through Old Treatments
The Swarovski Foundation at 10: Bling for the Masses Funds Sustainability Innovators
International Aid Will Be Gagged Under Trump, Again. Here’s What Funders Can Do
Open Philanthropy Tackles the “Low-Hanging Fruit” in Public Health
Why an L.A. Inventor Gave Big to Launch a New Institute for Immunology
Remembering Dikembe Mutombo’s Global Philanthropy
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Targets Lead Poisoning in the First of Its New “Big Bets”
Effective Altruism Needs a Gender Lens
Basic Data, Big Impact: Why Bloomberg’s Doubling Down on Tracking Global Births and Deaths
In the near decade since Bloomberg Philanthropies launched its 2015 Data for Health Initiative, it has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help governments in 31 countries track a few basic pieces of information: births and deaths. Why is … [Read more...] about Basic Data, Big Impact: Why Bloomberg’s Doubling Down on Tracking Global Births and Deaths
As Funding Dwindles, HIV and AIDS Remain as Much an Issue of Human Rights as of Health
AIDS may have dropped off the front pages in recent years, but it remains a serious health threat for millions around the world — including in the U.S. Unfortunately, philanthropic giving for HIV and AIDS has been trending down for years: The latest … [Read more...] about As Funding Dwindles, HIV and AIDS Remain as Much an Issue of Human Rights as of Health
How One Corporate Foundation Is Backing Maternal Health in the U.S. and Abroad
Carla Willis recalls the grief that hit her full-on during her first meeting as a member of Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee in 2021. “I was so grateful that it was virtual because I had to turn my camera off. And I was literally sobbing … [Read more...] about How One Corporate Foundation Is Backing Maternal Health in the U.S. and Abroad
The WHO Foundation: Applying a “Start-up Mentality” to the Challenges of Global Health
Five Questions for Lim Seok Hui, CEO of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance
The Asia Pacific region is known as an economic powerhouse, anchored by stable growth that has transformed the prospects of hundreds of millions of people. At the same time, significant work lies ahead to mitigate urgent threats to its upward … [Read more...] about Five Questions for Lim Seok Hui, CEO of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance
This New Global Funder Is All About Proximate, On-the-Ground Giving in Africa
Local development has become a hot topic lately as U.S. funders come around to the idea that lasting change requires proximate leadership, and that problems from education to climate action are best solved by the people who live with them every day. … [Read more...] about This New Global Funder Is All About Proximate, On-the-Ground Giving in Africa
