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    Three Ways Pollution Hurts People in Poverty Disproportionately

    Global Citizen

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy explains how people in poverty suffer disproportionately by the lack of clean and healthy air and contaminated water and food caused by pollution.  •…

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    Delivering Reliable Medical Devices For Low-Income Countries

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An article at Stanford Social Innovation Review offers tips for providers to ensure reliable medical devices reach the communities that need them most. • How do…

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    How Digital Cash Transfers Are Saving Lives In Bangladesh

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Robinson and Rakib Avi, at Stanford Social Innovation Review, explain how digital cash transfers provide a safety net for nations experiencing life-threatening economic shockwaves during coronavirus.…

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    Questions Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility

    Futurity Jul 3, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here, Ruth Faden, a bioethicist at Johns Hopkins University,  answers questions about the accessibility of the COVID-19 vaccine once it is available.  • As a member of…

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    How Race and Gender Bias Impact Black Men’s Health

    The Conversation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Shervin Assari explains that Black men’s health is negatively impacted by power structures favoring white men, who are most bias against Black men.  • How can funders work…

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    How Africa’s Women Health Workers Are Fighting COVID

    Global Citizen Jul 2, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An article from Thomson Reuters Foundation on Global Citizen details the unparalleled work being done against COVID by women health workers in African communities. • Why…

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    Is the U.S. in the Second Wave of Coronavirus?

    The Conversation Jun 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Epidemiologist and public health researcher, Melissa Hawkins, discusses why America is not facing the second wave of coronavirus because it is still in the first wave.  •…

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    Fast Food Takes Over Fresh Options in Low-income Areas

    The Conversation Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast food chains are often housed within food-insecure neighborhoods and rule out options for more expensive stores with organic food.  • Creative solutions to food desert…

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    Lawsuit Reveals Vulnerability of Generic Drug Policies

    RAND Corporation Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew W. Mulcahy explains how a price-fixing lawsuit filed against major drug companies reveals the vulnerability of generic drug policies. • How can funders work to ensure…

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    Fostering The Right COVID Narrative In Your Organization

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 28, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • At Stanford Social Innovation Review, Kristen Grimm urges organizations and donors to foster the right COVID-19 narrative that promotes constructive progress. • How can we learn…

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    Climate Change is Killing Americans and Health Departments aren’t Equipped to Respond

    Grist Jun 27, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at Grist argue that climate change and global warming are the cause of more deaths in America and that our health departments do not…

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    Addressing Poverty and Inequities to End the HIV Epidemic

    The Conversation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Maria De Jesus explains that one of the most effective ways to tackle the HIV epidemic is addressing poverty and inequalities.  • How can funders work to bolster…

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