Results List
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Youth suicide rates have escalated in the Philippines
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
COVID-19 has accelerated the need for urgent action on mental health care. Lack of access to mental health care for young Filipinos, particularly in remote areas, is deadly. Attempted youth suicides and deaths have risen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an increase in suicide-related…
Resource type: News
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Why Mackenzie Scott’s $6 Billion Rapid-Fire Donations Could Change Charitable Giving
Source: Robb Report
By Lucy Alexander As the pandemic and its restrictions strangled businesses large and small, an estimated 8 million more Americans fell into poverty from June to November last year, increasing the rate to almost 12 percent, or 22 percent for those without a college education.…
Resource type: News
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Supporting Legal Action
Source: Alliance Magazine
Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…
Resource type: News
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$1M gift launches Cornell Tech’s Public Interest Tech
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_80398" align="aligncenter" width="738"] An aerial view of the Cornell Tech campus, showing the 59th Street Bridge over Roosevelt Island and the Great Lawn, in the foreground.[/caption] By Linda Copman Cornell Tech has announced a $1 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to jump-start its…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Philanthropies archives open with first batch of files
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_83040" align="aligncenter" width="546"] Phoebe Kowalewski, curator of The Atlantic Philanthropies archives, walks the aisles of the Library Annex, where the foundation’s physical archival materials are kept.[/caption] By Jose Beduya A treasure trove for scholars of philanthropy and social change is now available at Cornell…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investments in Community-Based Health Care
Source: Susan Parker
This report shares the story, strategies and impact of Atlantic’s $452 million investment to support and strengthen community-based health care in Viet Nam, South Africa, Cuba, and the United States (U.S.) from 2004-2016. It offers a number of learnings centered around taking a systems-based approach…
Resource type: Research Report
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Working Toward a Healthy Vietnam: Key Policy Messages From the VASS-SSRC Project
Source: Social Science Research Council
Vietnamese Version HÀNH ĐỘNG HƯỚNG ĐẾN MỘT VIỆT NAM KHỎE MẠNH: THÔNG ĐIỆP CHÍNH SÁCH CHÍNH YẾU CỦA DỰ ÁN VASS-SSRC (PDF) This brief provides key policy messages based on a large-scale longitudinal study from 2008 to 2016 in twelve communes in three Vietnamese provinces…
Resource type: Research Report
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What Makes for an Effective Commune Health Center?
Source: Social Science Research Council
Vietnamese Version Điều gì tạo nên một trạm y tế hiệu quả? Đánh giá các yếu tố chính (PDF) This report, based on the main findings from a large-scale longitudinal study of rural health care in Viet Nam from 2008 to 2016, aims to develop…
Resource type: Research Report
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Strengthening Commune Health Centers in Vietnam
Source: Hy V. Luong, University of Toronto
Vietnamese Version Tăng Cường Các Trạm Y Tế tại Việt Nam: Đánh Giá Tác Động Của Tổ Chức The Atlantic Philanthropies từ năm 2008 đến 2016 (PDF) This report assesses the impact of investments in rural health care in Viet Nam by The Atlantic Philanthropies,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Four Lessons on Connecting Leaders of Social Change
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
By Kavitha Mediratta Kavitha Mediratta is the founding executive director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (@AfreGlobal) and formerly chief strategy advisor at The Atlantic Philanthropies. A few weeks ago, I had the chance to sit with a gender justice activist in a…
Resource type: News