Global Issues
Using National Networks to Tackle Chronic Disease
YMCA and other national nonprofit networks are using their reach into local communities to deliver public health programs.
Tag: Public Health
Podcast
Global Issues
Health Innovation Challenges in India and Africa: Panel Discussion
Michele Barry, Director of Global Health Programs in Medicine at Stanford leads a distinguished group of global health professionals who have created innovative programs to benefit their respective countries’ health services.
Podcast
Global Issues
Promoting Health Through Weight Loss
Harvard business professor Leslie John reports on studies providing financial and social incentives to get people to lose weight.
Technology & Design
Virtual Models for Real Issues
Agent-based modeling—a form of computer visualization—is being used to analyze a range of public health issues.
Health
The End of Polio in India
An immense cross-sector partnership is responsible for the immunization success story.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 5
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 3
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Socially Responsible Business
Another Look at “Carbon for Water” in Western Kenya
There needs to be more scrutiny around the use of the LifeStraw water filter and more debate about the validity of its carbon for water deal.
Urban Development
Trees Fight Crime
A Philadelphia study connects green spaces to neighborhood safety.
Health
A Healthier City
San Francisco’s five-year-old universal health care program sees positive results.