Health
A Plan for Healing
After a period of war and genocide, Rwanda launched a national health insurance program that is now delivering sharply improved outcomes.
Tag: Public Health
Health
The Community Cure for Health Care
Large health care systems are beginning to invest core operating dollars in connecting their patients to community resources, in service of the ultimate solution to better costs and outcomes: keeping patients healthy.
Health
Fortifying Health Care Startups in the Middle East and North Africa
A cohort of startups is building new, scalable, and cost-effective solutions that can help enhance health care knowledge and mitigate medical risks throughout the region.
Business
Four Steps to Putting Shared Value into Practice
Lessons for large, multinational organizations looking to embrace shared value and more effectively blend purpose with passion.
Civic Engagement
The Algorithms of Fear
Many media companies are using algorithms this US election year that are having the effect of accentuating people’s differences and stoking their fears. Is it time for social innovators to build new tools that help promote a more tempered, consensus-based discourse?
Economic Development
Kenyan Economy on the Run—and the Need to Take a Breath
A growing economy appears to contribute little to most Kenyans’ quality of life. Why the government and outside investors need to rethink Kenya's education system and development model.
Philanthropy & Funding
12 Common Criticisms of Philanthropy—and Some Answers
Critics have argued that charitable giving isn’t focused enough on the poor, isn’t sufficient to make a difference, is undemocratic, and more, but research—and history—show otherwise.
Collaboration
From Stalemate to Solutions
By using a dynamic framework for authentic collaboration, we can increase the potential for problem-solving and create long-term, societal level change.
Advocacy
A Map to Effective Communications
How the California Heath Care Foundation sparked statewide change by “showing” rather than “telling” its data, making use of existing partnerships, and funding what works.