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Recent Crises have Forced a Greater Awareness of the Need for …

WebSimilarly, mental health and psychosocial support is a core program priority for Save the Children. In Ukraine, for example, Save the Children has been working with …

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Communication During a Public Health Crisis

WebBy Erin Inclan, Communications Director, Amplio “Communication is really the first and most important thing to think about when a health crisis emerges.” — Dena …

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Strategies for Ending Gender-based Violence Globally

WebSince the Beijing conference in 1995, governments, NGOs and intergovernmental organizations have adopted many strategies to fight gender-based …

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Behavior Change and Technology: The Keys to Solving Global …

WebFor people in the developed world, it is difficult to comprehend living without running water or a flush toilet. Even more difficult to understand may be that in some …

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Investing in Birth Attendants Reduces Maternal

WebBy: Joanne Lu Every woman deserves to give birth safely and with dignity. Yet sadly, maternal death during childbirth is not yet a thing of the past. Despite …

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Nourishing Hope: How Spreeha Transforms Communities Through …

WebSpreeha Foundation has been a GlobalWA member since 2013. Spreeha strives to break the cycle of poverty for underprivileged people by providing healthcare, …

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Promoting Good Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities

WebEnsuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) seeks to ensure …

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For Children, Clean Water Means Everything

WebBy Joanne Lu. Tanzanian child drinking water. Photo: Magdalena kula manchee, Unsplash. For children, clean water means everything. It means staying …

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The Life-Changing Impact of Improved Physical Mobility

WebWhen circumstances arise that affect mobility, whether as a result of physical injury or deformity of the limbs, or simply the result of living in remote rural areas, it can …

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Reaching the Last Mile: Challenges and Opportunities

WebVillageReach – VillageReach is a global health innovator that develops, tests, implements and scales new solutions to critical health system challenges in low …

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How Water Builds Peace and Resilience in an

WebWe know, for example, that access to clean water can transform the everyday lives of individuals, eliminating diseases, freeing up women to earn an income …

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Martha Brady, Director, Reproductive Health, PATH

WebMartha Brady, the Director of Reproductive Health at PATH, a Seattle-based international health nonprofit, recently returned from the Family Planning Summit 2017 …

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Control, Eliminate, Eradicate: Global Efforts to Wipe Out Disease

WebIn 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the eradication of smallpox, the first and only infectious disease to meet this fate. Eradication of a disease …

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How Gender Norms for Marriage Affect the Health of Women and …

WebGender norms thus influence the health and well-being of women and girls across three domains: An example of gender norms is seen in the importance given to …

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How Can Wildlife Conservation Support Human Development

WebResonance. Resonance is a global development consultancy that harnesses the power of collaboration to enable communities, companies and governments to drive …

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Resilience and Responsibility in Addressing Food Insecurity

WebResonance demonstrates the vital importance of multi-sector engagement when addressing the global food security issue, building a four-pronged approach and …

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The Injustice of Food Insecurity

WebThe Injustice of Food Insecurity. Posted on October 1, 2015. In 1996, the World Food Summit defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have …

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How Women’s Economic Empowerment Energizes Political …

WebWomen’s economic empowerment is an end goal in itself even as it serves as a means to women’s political participation. In the same way, women’s political …

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What Haiti Taught Us About Global Emergencies

WebBy Joanne Lu This month marks 10 years since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and more than 50 aftershocks devastated Haiti and forever changed global disaster …

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