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.
Podcast
Tag: Public Health
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.
Health
Global Diseases, Local Needs
The diseases that get funded tend to be the ones for which funders can take credit.
Collaboration
Using Collective Impact to End Homelessness
If a community wants to achieve something breathtaking, getting the right sectors to the table is a great place to start.