Time for Global Action on Mental Health
For years, the international aid community has stigmatized, mistreated, or simply ignored the millions of people who suffer from mental illness. We need a new approach.
For years, the international aid community has stigmatized, mistreated, or simply ignored the millions of people who suffer from mental illness. We need a new approach.
Reverse and frugal innovation approaches have their limits when it comes to health impact for the poor. We need more ways to provide high-quality, affordable products to low-income people.
Funders are devising new approaches that account for the impact that
social issues have on people’s health.
The causes of health inequity are diverse and entwined; the solutions will be as well.
Community-based organizations, philanthropic institutions, and federal agencies—all are needed to support and sustain revitalization efforts.
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
Instead of pressuring already-stressed individuals to fix themselves, true wellness requires organization-level interventions.
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.
Two years ago I quit my nonprofit CEO job. I’ve just had the two most productive years of my career.