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We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

Americans who lack health insurance during any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for healthcare services and will receive $56 billion in uncompensated care while uninsured, a new report funded by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation finds. Published in the…

Original Source by JON GAMBRELL LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Past "botched" executions show Arkansas' lethal injection method remains "dangerous and inadequate," even after the U.S. Supreme Court found a similar method constitutional, lawyers for four death-row inmates claim. In a filing to U.S. District Court,…

By GUY BOULTON An array of unions and liberal activist groups in Wisconsin have joined a national coalition that plans to spend $40 million to push for health care reform, particularly universal coverage, in the coming election. The Health Care for America Now coalition, a…

A new book reveals how Mayor Ron Clarke fell out with a wealthy benefactor. Sue Lappeman reports. A NEW book has revealed how Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke blew his friendship with a secretive billionaire American philanthropist who bankrolled the Couran Cove and Runaway Bay…

UQ helps Vietnam with health records Published: 18 July 2006 UQ's School of Population Health will receive more than $4 million to work with Vietnamese government and medical bodies and universities to strengthen vital health data collection and plan for future health needs. UQ health…

This video by The University of California San Francisco (UCSF), an Atlantic grantee, looks at Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney's contributions to advance health at UCSF and worldwide. Feeney is credited as being a key visionary behind the creation of the UCSF Mission Bay campus,…

Since 1998, Founding Chairman grants totalling A$233 million ($212 million) have transformed biomedical research in Queensland, Australia. When current building projects are completed, we will have helped to build or expand 12 research institutions. Coupled with government and university investments of A$900 million ($819 million), the…

Biomedical animator Drew Berry was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010. The Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.  For more information on this article: http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/news/highlight-2010-macarthur-fellow-drew-berry

A University of Queensland landmark has been named in honour of extraordinary philanthropist Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, whose generosity permanently changed Australia’s research landscape and led to many research discoveries. Extending the breadth of UQ’s historic Forgan Smith Building at UQ’s entrance, Feeney Way recognises the…