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    8 Design Principles for Successful Collective Action for Community Health Worker Models

    Skoll Foundation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • James Nardella outlines design principles for community health worker models that are undisputed pillars of the field.  • How can funders use these principles to design,…

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    Global Infant Mortality Could Be Dramatically Reduced By Basic Sanitation and Sex Education

    Al Jazeera

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Faras Ghani that high infant mortality rates in developing countries can be dramatically reduced through sex education and WASH funding programs.  • How can funders provide sustainable…

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    Progress Against the Opioid Crisis

    U.S. News Sep 22, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Carla K. Johnson addresses a recently released U.S. government survey showing that progress has been made in addressing the opioid crisis and the number of new heroin…

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    Why are Canada’s First Nations Women Dying at Such an Alarming Rate?

    Brookings

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Randall Akee explores possible explanations for the high mortality rate among First Nations women in Canada, which is almost 5 times the national average.  • How can…

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    How VR and AR Could Transform the Health Sector

    RAND Corporation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Anna Knack explains how AR and VR technologies can potentially bring down medical costs and improve access, as well as improve the quality of medical care patients…

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    Telehealth Can Help During Natural Disasters

    HealthLeaders Sep 18, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Telehealth providers are offering free services to communities affected by Hurricane Florence and individuals can access those services through an app.  • What other technological advances are helping…

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    Opioid Crisis: How Can the Healthcare System Help?

    Solutions Journalism Network Sep 18, 2018

    Giving Compass is teaming up with SolutionsU, a platform that connects you to stories about responses to the world’s challenges. SolutionsU is a project of the Solutions Journalism Network: a nonprofit organization…

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    Burns In Nepal: The Untold Global Health Story

    Global Health NOW Sep 18, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Emaline Laney explains how she stumbled upon the global health crisis of burns, which gets little international coverage and is a serious health threat in countries like Nepal. …

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    How Can We End Female Genital Cutting?

    Skoll Foundation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Zachary Slobig how a community engagement approach can end female genital cutting around the world.  • How can funders work with communities to develop a culturally appropriate…

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    How Childhood Experiences Contribute to the Education-Health Link

    The Conversation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Shanta R. Dube explains how childhood experiences contribute to the health-education link, making reducing and addressing childhood trauma imperative for building long-term success.  • How can funders help…

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    Boosting Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults

    RAND Corporation Sep 17, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the RAND Corporation highlights ways for stakeholders to increase disaster resilience among older adults. • How can funders help support and expand existing programs that offer…

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    A Potentially Fatal Weakness of the Global Medical Supply Chain

    The Conversation

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Morten Wendelbo and Christine Crudo Blackburn argue that the small number of suppliers for medical supplies used around the globe can leave the world underresourced in an…

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