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Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment

Jill Sheffield — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:11:43 -0700

This boom in mobile technology offers an incredible opportunity to provide historically marginalized groups, such as girls and women, with increased access to information and education to improve their health and wellbeing.

Can We Identify Illness in Newborns From Their Cry? (And Other Cool Ideas)

Amie Newman — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:16:00 -0700

The Gates Foundation's "Grand Challenges Explorations" grant program never fails to offer up some of the most interesting, exciting ideas to improve global health around the world. Today we announced more than $8.1 million in new grants through this program - some for projects which are in development, some of which were presented as brand new ideas. All of which are ground-breaking.

It’s Time to go Beyond the Credit Hour

Daniel Greenstein — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:16:20 -0700

The rigidness of semesters and courses and credit hours doesn’t work for adults who are juggling jobs, family and other priorities while they also work toward a degree – an elaborate dance that too often ends in students leaving school with no degree, but lots of debt.

More Than "Just a Blog": Chatting With Girls' Globe

Amie Newman — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 -0700

The Girls' Globe bloggers have diverse backgrounds and knowledge, enriching the online discussion on the various issues concerning women and girls, ranging from maternal health, HIV/AIDS, water, sanitation and menstrual hygiene, trafficking, violence against women, economic empowerment, political participation and more. All of these areas are essential to cover to gain equality for women and girls worldwide.

A Surprising Way One Organization Is Saving Lives in The Gambia

Therese Drammeh — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 -0700

iders for Health, which has two decades of experience providing health transport in Africa, is responsible for maintaining the fleet, and for training Gambian drivers, riders and mechanics.

To Empower Women, Don’t Forget the Men

Reverend Songaye George-Buanne — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700

This is no ordinary school, and its lessons will not soon be forgotten. The men of Binkolo village are attending “husband school,” a project of the Fambul Initiative Network for Equality (FINE). They are learning new ways to relate to their wives and daughters, which could have far-reaching benefits for their families—and for the people of Sierra Leone.

In an Unpredictable HIV Vaccine Search, Hope Still Reigns

Mitchell Warren — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:19 -0700

Nothing about AIDS vaccine research and development has ever been easy or straightforward except for one simple truth: to end the AIDS epidemic we will ultimately need an effective vaccine.

Gossip Girls: No Longer A Frivolous Pasttime

Sarah Cole Kammerer — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 -0700

The concept is such: bring women together as a group to discuss maternal health problems facing their communities.

Family Health "Check Up" 2013: Lessons Learned

Gary Darmstadt, Wolfgang Munar, Brian Siems — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 -0700

As we prepared for our annual strategy reviews in Family Health, we took the time to reflect on what we’ve learned over the past year.

Family Health "Check Up": Looking Forward

Gary Darmstadt, Wolfgang Munar — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 -0700

This year’s strategy review process provided an opportunity to look back and reflect on successes and failures in an effort to improve our performance and increase our impact in Family Health. As a result, our outlook includes two cross-cutting areas that we found critical for achieving lasting impact at scale.