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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Photo courtesy of Jody Ray.

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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

Donors and governments may shift their dollars…to focusing on necessities like food, water, energy, and healthcare. Donors and governments may shift their dollars to focus on necessities like food, water, energy, and healthcare. Hailstones are getting bigger and more damaging.

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“Forever Chemicals” Are Endangering Our Collective Health

NonProfit Quarterly

Deemed “forever chemicals” because they are virtually indestructible, PFAS have pervaded all known substances—including our water, our soil, our food, and even our own bodies. When it comes to regulating PFAS, the council is arguing against “heavy-handed measures” that could “send an avoidable shock through the healthcare system.”

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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We Are Montana’s Nonprofits: Letter to the Editor Campaign  

MNA Association

Help us remind public officials that nonprofits exist as partners to government and to work with local nonprofits as they’re addressing the needs of our state. Nonprofit organizations like food banks, art museums, animal shelters, 4-H clubs, charitable hospitals, and others are critical to Montana.

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We Are Montana’s Nonprofits: Letter to the Editor Campaign  

MNA Association

Help us remind public officials that nonprofits exist as partners to government and to work with local nonprofits as they’re addressing the needs of our state. Nonprofit organizations like food banks, art museums, animal shelters, 4-H clubs, charitable hospitals, and others are critical to Montana.