This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katie Duffey reports that researchers found that providing teens access to same-day access to long-acting birth control saved more than $2000 in medical costs. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Debby Warren explains how various parties pass the buck and refuse to allocate budget to address the lead in the drinking water in U.S. public schools. •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from the #Solvable series, Siddharth Chatterjee explains how policies and partnerships can provide the training and resources needed to end maternal and child…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are nine ways to integrate more gender transformative approaches to WASH funding programs. These practices can help women and girls gain critical leadership skills. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tianjia Liu et al., developed an app to prevent premature deaths by tracking Indonesian fires, their smoke, health risks, and land management strategies. • What are other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Adele Peters at Fast Company, doctors are now beginning to recommend houseplants as a remedy to reduce anxiety and depression and improve overall health outcomes. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Minal R. Patel and Joe Gerald believe that the U.S. government should establish and financially support a politically independent, impartial expert advisory committee tasked with making critical, evidence-based recommendations on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Kim explains how efforts to minimize prescriptions for painkillers after surgery are working as a solution for the opioid epidemic. • Success, in part, is related…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Parker reports that researchers found that teen girls are facing abusive relationships, including sexual abuse and reproductive coercion. • How can further research clarify the extent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Despite a dramatic decrease in volume of prescription painkillers since 2010, overdose rates have steadily increased. Jeffrey A. Singer explains that although the health care system is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Paul Duberstein and Elissa Kozlov explain the logistical and ethical implications of New Jersey’s aid-in-dying law which went into effect on August 1st. • Should individuals have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More healthcare companies are addressing the social determinants of health by investing in things like community land trusts and affordable housing developments. • How will impact…