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The Gates Foundation’s First 25 years: How It Changed Global Health and Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Growing into one of the most powerful institutions in global health, the foundation drew acclaim and criticism. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Seth Wenig, AP photo Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett speak to the media during a press conference in 2006 in New York.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We We need] the means to build associations that are powerful enough to successfully challenge the economic powers that be. Before the Affordable Care Act, it was the only good option for health insurance.

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Thomas Tighe Reflects on 24 Years Leading the International Health Nonprofit Direct Relief

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) Tighe helped transform its operations, embracing technology and courting corporate partners, guided by the idea that a nonprofit health venture could and should run as efficiently as a commercial one.

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Community Health Centers' New Crisis: The Need for Backup Power

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Unreliable power is a widespread problem for community health centers, which serve more than 30 million patients at 14,000 locations. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press HEALDSBURG, Calif. Unreliable power is a widespread problem for community health centers, which serve more than 30 million patients at 14,000 locations.

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What a CEO Shooting Can Teach Nonprofits About Our Health Insurance Mess

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: John Kevin on iStock In the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompsons murder, the public reacted with nearly universal frustration and anger with the US health insurance industry, and, in many cases, sympathy for the killers motivations. Preserved or improved health benefits. Another telling event?

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Honest Brokers, Technology, and Health Justice: What Are We Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

The honest broker collects and provides aggregate health data to investigators while protecting individual identities and privacy. DAOs are commonly associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency communities, but the decentralized governance approach of a DAO can be applied in other contexts. The first is resource allocation.

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Gates Foundation Pledges $7 Billion for Health, Gender Equality, and Farming in Africa

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Evelyne Musambi, the Associated Press Nairobi, Kenya. Evan Vucci/AP Bill Gates's new pledge will be spent over the next four years and is in addition to existing Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to strengthen health systems across the continent.

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