There are many challenges when it comes to controlling intestinal worm infections. But, as the success of hookworm eradication in the South demonstrated, intestinal worms can be controlled.
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Finding Hope through the Eyes of a Buruli Ulcer Patient
In Ghana, MAP International partners with American Leprosy Missions and Effect:Hope to reach the largest population possible with Buruli ulcer and Leprosy awareness campaigns in order to not only stop the diseases but to prevent disability.
For Nonprofits, Cash Flow Management is King
We want to give nonprofit leaders a clear and easy path for getting basic financial help and build on their strengths. Check out our Nonprofit Bridge Loan Fund and let us know what you think.
Plan Now To Avoid Holiday Heart Attacks (Part one of a two-part series.)
Football season’s tailgating chow and beer can combine with holiday stress to trigger a “Christmas Coronary” or a “Hanukah Heart Attack.” Plan now to avoid later.
Expanding and Accelerating Response to Calls for Ambulances and Burial Teams for Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak
At the 1-1-7 Ebola Call Center in Freetown, over 100 operators work in three shifts to answer questions about Sierra Leone’s outbreak 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Want a Stronger Community? Help Our Schools
We have the power to work collectively to lift up struggling schools and ensure a brighter future for our children and community.
Inspired by the strength of those who have lost everything
By Fatouma Zara Soumana, part of CARE’s Gender in Emergencies Team based in Niger, a West African country where thousands of Nigerians are fleeing to escape attacks of armed groups. Here she talks about her job and what she’s seen in the field. In Niger, I talked with a mother of two children who told […]
Get one step closer to living Atlanta healthy with the Heart Walk Atlanta
Help help raise awareness of the risks of heart disease, by supporting the Atlanta Heart Walk. It promotes the benefits of exercise and cardiovascular health.
Collaboration is Needed to Enhance Georgia’s Leadership as a Global Health Hub
An alliance of Georgia’s global health organizations is crucial for the state to enhance its reputation as a hub with innovative models of collaboration, funding, and finance.
Coca-Cola Executive Celebrates Anniversary with Day of Service
When Ceree Eberly, The Coca-Cola Company’s senior vice president and chief people officer, wanted an innovative way to celebrate her 25th anniversary with Coke, she called on United Way.
Another Year of Celebrating Business and Entrepreneurship
Check out the winners from this year’s annual Business Person of the Year Awards Luncheon, which celebrates business and entrepreneurship in our region.
Stories that move us and make us: Fitzgerald’s civil end to an uncivil war
This week guest contributor Laura McCarty, executive vice president of Georgia Humanities, shares the remarkable story of Fitzgerald, Georgia, and its unusual history of community reconciliations.
Last week’s column on the Civil War Centennial spurred Cam Jordan, the Community Development Director for the city of Fitzgerald, to write and share about the Fitzgerald–Ben Hill Civil War Sesquicentennial commemorative weekend, which occurred in May.
What are we teaching our children by our reliance on mobile screens? Are we modelling “phones as pacifiers”?
Screen Junkies take note: Our dependence on screens doesn’t come without consequences to our health and relationships.
Focusing on Early Infancy Can Create Sustainable Societies and Prevent Chronic Disease
We must focus on children in early infancy to change society and create sustainable societies with less chronic disease.
Technology + Nonprofits: The Perfect Match
New technology provides new opportunities for nonprofits to make a greater impact in our communities. Here are three tools we use at United Way to help us share our vision, work more efficiently and even increase donations.
150 years later: Georgia and the end of the Civil War
This week guest contributor Laura McCarty, executive vice president of Georgia Humanities, considers the Civil War Sesquicentennial in our state.
For the last five years, Georgians and groups across the state have been marking the Sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the Civil War.
The Road to Zero
The CDC released an Ebola One Year Report that highlights the stories, faces and facts behind the CDC’s Emergency Operations Center for the response.
From Peach to Powerhouse: Georgia’s Health IT Scene
The secret is out. Georgia has become a hotbed for health IT (HIT) companies, both veteran and startup.
South Sudan Marks Four Years of Independence but Few Find Cause for Celebration
July 9 marks South Sudan’s fourth birthday. After decades of war, the break from Sudan was celebrated across the country.
Food is medicine, yet very few doctors report feeling properly trained to give diet and nutrition advice, despite the increase in obesity related illness. This is changing, though slowly.
A recent study says what you eat is the single most important factor in preventing premature death and disease.
