UN SG Ban Ki-moon & President Clinton on tackling global public health with philanthropy

Earlier this week, the UN Economic and Social Council held a special event on the role of philanthropy in combating global public health challenges.  The meeting convened over 400 executives and philanthropy leaders, representatives of UN Member States and other partners at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called [...]

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Working to lift the burden of Malaria through Philanthropy

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy released a report this month titled “Lifting the Burden of Malaria: An Investment Guide for Impact Driven Philanthropy.”  In it, the authors synthesize data on effective malaria control strategies, consider funding trends and nonprofit performance data, and interview malaria specialists and public health practitioners to help you get to [...]

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Funds to fight AIDS & Malaria fall short in financial crisis

An article this week in The Christian Science Monitor highlights the deepening shortfall in funding for international efforts to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.  Global health leaders are calling for the Obama Administration to pledge American money to these ends, to set an example for the rest of the world.
The article argues, “The international economic [...]

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