For decades, visionary leaders have showcased how Atlanta is a center for global health. The vision still holds true – despite a setback with the dismantling of the Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI).
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Helene Gayle is looking ‘to bring Spelman to the world and the world to Spelman’
As the next president of Spelman College, Helene Gayle is boomeranging back to Atlanta – her on-again, off-again home for decades.
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Atlanta entities can play a major role to help vaccinate the world
The message is clear: Nobody is safe until all of us are safe. When it comes to vaccines to protect people from the COVID-19 virus and its variants, we will need to ta global strategy
Posted inATL Business Chronicle
Column: Rotary Club of Atlanta initiative to aid Syrian refugee crisis
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on June 8, 2018
Already, the Atlanta Rotary Club has raised $50,000 for its new Jordanian initiative. That is expected to be matched by Rotary District 6900 to make it $100,000, which in turn is expected to be matched by Rotary International – for a total of $200,000.
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CARE’s Atlanta headquarters gets a little TLC
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 4, 2018
After 25 years in Atlanta, CARE is sprucing up its global headquarters at 151 Ellis Street in downtown Atlanta.
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Walking with Women Worldwide
From March 8-14, thousands of CARE supporters across the country are participating in Walk in Her Shoes, a virtual campaign to raise awareness and funds for women leading their communities out of poverty.
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Hurricane Matthew in Haiti: More people will die if we don’t act now
As the impacts of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti started to emerge, the damage from the storm immediately started being compared to the damage of the 2010 earthquake.
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Join CARE’s Walk in Her Shoes to Help End Poverty for Women and Girls
By Nicole Harris, CARE Media Relations Manager For more than 20 years of our 70-year history, CARE has been headquartered in Atlanta. From our bright orange building at the corner of Piedmont and Ellis St, we help provide women, girls and their families with the information, resources and skills needed to reach their full potential […]
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Commentary: Georgia’s a central city for global health
The Task Force for Global Health – the largest nonprofit based in Georgia – received a significant endorsement this month. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded the Task Force with its 2016 Humanitarian Prize – which comes with a $2 million grant.
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South Sudan: We won’t give up on you
By Fred McCray, CARE Country Director in South Sudan In all my 16 years as a humanitarian aid worker, I have never seen anything like the violence that besieged Juba, South Sudan, last month. It started on a Thursday night with small-arms gunfire that I thought would end quickly. Little did I know it was […]
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Girls’ Education: The Not-So Secret Weapon to Overcoming Poverty & Injustice
We know that when girls are educated, all of society benefits. Our commitment at the United State of Women will open doors for girls to opportunities for a better future.
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World Humanitarian Summit: Indecision is not an option
Political attention is finally fixed on the greatest challenge of our time: Reversing the trend of people displaced by war or natural disasters and the failure to provide them the assistance they need.
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Syria: What to do with refugees? Start with a message of hope.
For five years, the world has watched the civil discord in Syria erupt into the largest humanitarian disaster in a generation. And yet, this last year has been the most violent and destructive.
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What we really need to combat the Zika virus
As concerns about the Zika virus spread, one thing is clear: the world’s poorest women will bear the brunt of the disease and will have the fewest resources to fight it.
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Those Left Behind
Many Syrian refugees have dubbed the journey to Europe as the ‘Death Road’ because of its perilous nature. Despite this, thousands continue to make the trip.
