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Lee-Lee Prina
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It is time for another round-up of interesting content that I spotted when scrolling through some of the blogs established by foundations and others that follow philanthropy. Another topic in today’s potpourri is “Philanthropy Insights.” I recently found out that the Maine Health Access Foundation has started a blog! So, the GrantWatch Blogroll is still... Read the rest of this entry »
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Caroline T. Roan
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The author, who is president of the Pfizer Foundation, spoke at a UN meeting this week on noncommunicable diseases. The United Nations (UN) has been hosting its High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases September 16–21 in New York City. This is an important opportunity to highlight the alarming incidence of chronic diseases in developing countries and... Read the rest of this entry »
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Lee-Lee Prina
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Their topics are health reform, long-term care (PACE), and global health—specifically noncommunicable disease. In case you missed the Health Affairs/GrantWatch Tweet and/or e-alert when they were sent out, the list of most-read posts follows. 1. “How to Educate the Public about the ACA: Recommendations from CaliforniaSpeaks,” by Tom Campbell of AmericaSpeaks; Jesse Sostrin of Wilshire... Read the rest of this entry »
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Mark Spires
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Atiya Weiss
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These authors from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Pfizer Inc, respectively, discuss what has been learned thus far from this program funded by Pfizer and the Pfizer Foundation. Noncommunicable diseases have become an important global health concern—they account for 60 percent of all deaths worldwide, or about 35 million deaths, a year with... Read the rest of this entry »
