“Two thirds of all deaths before the age of 65 are totally preventable if people have knowledge, access to medical care and the financial means to invest in their own health.”
Jimmy Carter
May 20 - 26, 2013
Debate
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Success In mHealth: Shifting Focus From The “m” To The “Health”
In the not-too-distant future, one imagines the most effective mHealth solutions being those that are so seamlessly integrated into global maternal and child health programs that they cease to be thought of as “mHealth”, but simply as the “way programs are implemented”. One might say the success of mHealth lies in its disappearance – shifting the question from whether to go ‘mobile’ to which mobile approach to take.
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mPowering Women and Girls
Last year, USAID launched a new policy on Gender Equality and Female Empowerment to address the challenges of gender inequality in political participation, economic markets, education and health. The policy underscores a critical premise: that equal participation of women and girls in society leads to more effective and sustainable health and development outcomes.
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For Expectant and New Mothers, Mobile Fosters Confidence and a Healthier Future
Husbands and mothers-in-law are influential and oftentimes the primary decision-makers in what a mother should eat, when and if she should visit a clinic, and how she should care for her newborn. To address this cultural dynamic, BabyCenter, a Johnson & Johnson company, worked with MAMA to develop a second set of mobile adaptable messages geared towards household decision-makers.
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Mobile - A Bridge Across the Gender Divide
The digital divide continues to shrink throughout the world, but women in low-income countries do not have equal participation in this technological revolution. Although more than one billion women have access to a mobile phone in developing countries, a woman living there is still 21% less likely to own a cell phone than a man.
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Ignoring Innovation: A Review of Michael Levi’s ‘The Power Surge’
The Breakthrough
The "iron law of climate change" says that this challenge cannot be achieved by making energy substantially more expensive. Across the world in countries rich and poor, people have repeatedly indicated that while they will pay some price for environmental objectives, that willingness has its limits.
The "iron law of climate change" says that this challenge cannot be achieved by making energy substantially more expensive. Across the world in countries rich and poor, people have repeatedly indicated that while they will pay some price for environmental objectives, that willingness has its limits.
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These Three Charts Show How The World Could End Extreme Poverty By 2030
Washington Post
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has said the world can end extreme poverty in 17 years. But do the numbers add up?
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Stop the Plunder of Africa
New York Times
With Africa’s economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region’s vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty, create jobs, and bring hope to future generations.
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Bill Gates: How GDP Understates Economic Growth
The Guardian
Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard decisions about where to focus their limited resources. How do you decide which countries should get low-cost loans or cheaper vaccines, and which can afford to fund their own development programmes?
Even in good financial times, development aid budgets are hardly overflowing. Government leaders and donors must make hard decisions about where to focus their limited resources. How do you decide which countries should get low-cost loans or cheaper vaccines, and which can afford to fund their own development programmes?
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Mobile Phones for Women’s Empowerment
The demand for mobile phones among women in low- and middle-income countries is great, and we must seize the opportunity to use new technologies to transform women’s lives in meaningful and lasting ways.
May 13 - 19, 2013
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Fighting Sex Trafficking With Big Data
Fast Colabs
The latest estimates about human trafficking indicate at least 21 million people on the planet are currently in slavery. For years human traffickers have used the latest technology to profit from the slave trade, but now software engineers at big data companies are enabling anti-trafficking organizations to fight back.
The latest estimates about human trafficking indicate at least 21 million people on the planet are currently in slavery. For years human traffickers have used the latest technology to profit from the slave trade, but now software engineers at big data companies are enabling anti-trafficking organizations to fight back.
