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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sheringham Odhiambo , Madeleine Ballard , Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for residents of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Optimistically, philanthropy and civil society have responded with creativity and flexibility.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. COVID-19 placed unparalleled pressure on the country’s health systems, economy, and the well-being of Brazilians.

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How Organizations Build Trust

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It erodes a high-functioning pluralistic democracy , compromises public health, and makes it impossible to solve collective problems like climate change. It is earned person by person, moving through large segments of society. American civil society institutions have an important role to play. Trust doesn’t just happen.

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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

The War on Drugs Is Personal The War on Drugs has been a half-century-long, concerted, militarized campaign led by the US government to enforce prohibitions on the importation, manufacture, use, sale, and distribution of substances deemed to be illegal, advancing a punitive rather than a public health approach to drug use.

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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

billion in medical bills to patients whose incomes were likely low enough to qualify for free or discounted care. The future health, resilience, and effectiveness of the social sector hinges on the ability to unlock the potential of big data. Shed light on harmful practices that hurt the poor.