Health
Safer Deliveries
The Manoshi Project in Bangladesh is proving that 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.
Tag: Health Care
Global Issues
Realigning Health with Care
The misalignment between the expansive goal of “health” and a cramped definition of “care” has cost the United States untold lives and treasure. Yet realignment is in reach.
Podcast
Energy
Solar Power in a Suitcase
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.
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Business
The Social Innovation Imperative
The Social Innovation Imperative outlines a business approach that takes into consideration the difference between innovating for profit and innovating for social good.
Health
Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
Podcast
Global Issues
Medical Device Innovation: Panel Discussion
Focusing on unmet needs, healthcare entrepreneurs provide their in-the-trenches perspectives on advancing medical technologies. Working to extend and enhance lives.
Podcast
Business
GSB 2011 Healthcare Summit: Future of the Healthcare Sector
John Capek talks about ways we can improve the potential success for technologies in order to improve the delivery of healthcare over the next decade.
Socially Responsible Business
A New Generation of Brazilian Businesses
Small businesses in the world’s 13th most unequal country are leading the way in serving low-income communities.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Shared Value - Future of Green
Mark Kramer discusses the challenges of coordinating corporate social responsibility projects with corporations and the success of the cell phone industry in emerging (third world) markets.