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Duke Global Health Institute brings pediatric care to Guatemala
A multidisciplinary team from Duke is providing pediatric surgical care and research in Guatemala, where access to medical services is limited.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Latin America
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African Medical students join fight against diabetes
Over 5000 medical students at the University of Nairobi, Makerere University and University of Namibia are set to steer the fight against diabetes.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Human Capital, Sustainable Social Enterprises, and Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The human capital challenge spans every level of the enterprise including entry-level positions, mid-level management, senior leadership, and more often than not, governance. Proportionally, there simply aren’t that many experienced, successful business people who can serve as leaders or mentors in frontier markets, particularly in rural areas. We need new tactics to address the challenge.
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- Education
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Training Rural Liberians To Save Lives
Last Mile Health (known in Liberia as Tiyatien Health) aims to bring quality health care and jobs to remote regions of Liberia.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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7M more healthcare workers needed to meet world demand
In order to meet demand for essential health services, the world needs at least 7.2 million more nurses, midwives and doctors, according to a new report by the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the World Health Organization, presented at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health.
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- Education, Health Care
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NexThought Monday: Three steps to finding and hiring great social enterprise talent
There is a growing interest in social enterprise careers the world over, yet the sector faces challenges in attracting the right talent. Given that it is a relatively young space, it needs to look outwards to fulfill its growing talent requirements. Based on my experiences in HR in this space during the last few years, here are three ways recruiters can do that.
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- Education
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Impact Sourcing: How combining work and study ends the cycle of poverty for good
When we launched Digital Divide Data as a social enterprise in Cambodia in 2001, we quickly realized that providing work opportunities to disadvantaged high school graduates was not enough. In time, we saw that our work-study participants were able to access new professional opportunities and earn higher incomes. Twelve years later, we hope this impact can be scaled up by our organization and others to include many more people and communities around the world.
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- Education, Technology
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Calling Global Health Innovators: Accelerator designed to help ‘bright spots’ reach scale
A new partnership has the goal of developing innovative solutions to global development challenges. They’re looking for six new entrepreneurs to join their second cohort in January, with an application deadline of Nov. 1.
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- Education, Health Care
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