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Category: Health
There are 45 entries in this category.
Aug 05, 2008
New AIDS Numbers Reveal Past Inaccuracies, and Conflict Over Best Approaches
The newest CDC data on HIV/AIDS infections in the United States suggest that the agency has underestimated new US infections by 40 percent since the late 1990s. The agency nonetheless asserts that the number of annual new has remained stable since the late nineties. The UN likewise says that new infection rates worldwide remained stable this year overall, with decreases in some countries (such as Uganda and Ethiopia) offset by increases in others (such as China, Russia and Vietnam). The conclusion being drawn from the evidence is that prevention efforts are failing the vulnerable.
Jul 21, 2008
Interview: United Way of America CEO Brian Gallagher
Recently we discussed United Way’s refocusing, the meaning of accountability, and the state of philanthropy in general with CEO Brian Gallagher.
Jun 23, 2008
Putting a Price on Water
The huge underwater aquifiers that have sustained agriculture in water scare regions in India and the Southwest United States have run dangerously low due to decades of uncontrolled pumping and wasteful irrigation. Without intervention, this scarcity will become only more acute, as farmers and other landowners preemptively pump even more in an effort to get as much as they can for themselves before it is gone. Making water a trade-able commodity that costs something based on availability and price is one solution to the problem.
Jun 17, 2008
Doing the Right Thing is Not Always Easy
Message fatigue can come about for any number of reasons. For one, constant bombardment with information about how bad things are can cause people to feel that their individual actions are meaningless. Equally concerning, however, is that the information donors need to make good decisions often becomes contradictory as an issue gets more attention.
May 30, 2008
New and Old School Philanthropy on Display
While “new” philanthropy is confronting the challenge of public and tax policy, some “old” philanthropy approaches are showing their value.
May 29, 2008
The AIDS Crisis and The Invisible Cure
Philanthropy Action interviewed AIDS journalist and activist Helen Epstein on her views of current treatment and prevention programs in Africa and how Western money can do better work for the African AIDS crisis.
May 26, 2008
When Do We Start Calling It Genocide?
When will we start calling the willful and purposeful actions of the Burmese government to kill hundreds of thousands of Burmese through starvation, exposure and disease genocide?
May 22, 2008
Silver Linings and Dark Clouds Surround the Food Crisis
It seems that everyone except for the US Congress has woken up to the food crisis. The topic has made the cover of many magazines, and is featured almost daily in major national newspapers. Most debate has now turned to the causes and solutions, if any, to the situation. While there are some silver linings, the biggest dark cloud of all is centered over Washington, DC this week where the US Congress will overturn a presidential veto and pass the 2008 farm bill.
May 20, 2008
Interview: AIDS Journalist Helen Epstein on The Invisible Cure
Philanthropy Action sat down with Helen Epstein, author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS, to discuss her book, Uganda, and how Western dollars could best make a difference in the African AIDS crisis.
Apr 29, 2008
The Global Fund Not Seeing Red
Some recent news articles raise new, conflicting questions about Bono’s (Product)Red campaign.