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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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Building a Field: The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Investment in Palliative Care
Source: Mary Rafferty and Anne Colgan
This study captures the impact and lessons of Atlantic’s €58 million investment to help build the field of palliative care. It offers insights into what it takes to develop a community of organizations and individuals working towards a common goal using a shared body of…
Resource type: Research Report
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Using the Law to Secure Social Change: Case Studies and Briefs on Legal Advocacy
Source: Ursula Kilkelly, Laura Lundy and Angela Matthews
This collection of short case studies and briefs provides insights into how Atlantic grantees used the law to secure social change in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Drawn from a longer report summarized here, the case studies and briefs cover work of Atlantic’s…
Resource type: Case Study
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ICI Says Migrants Left ‘In Limbo’ by Immigration Policy
Source: The Irish Times
Immigration Council of Ireland notes ‘busy year’ for its frontline servicesChief executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) Denise Charlton. The ICI criticised Ireland’s immigration policy and how it leaves migrants ‘living in limbo’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish TimesBy Patsy McGarryFailure to provide a…
Resource type: News
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When School Discipline Is Unfair: Four Ways to Do Better
Source: Christian Science Monitor
A new set of reports dives deep into the complex causes of inequities in school discipline and offers details on what schools can do to create a climate that is both orderly and fair. A student gets his books from his locker at Alisal High School…
Resource type: News
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Critical Learnings: Social Economy
Source: Brendan Murtagh
Age organisations can make use of market mechanisms to resist welfare reductions and support the resilience of the most excluded old, according to this summary of an evaluation of the social economy ageing programme funded by Atlantic. The social economy approach provides an opportunity for…
Resource type: Research Report
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Maryland approves new school discipline regulations
Source: The Washington Post
By Donna St. George, Tuesday, January 28Maryland education leaders approved the most sweeping changes in decades to state discipline policies Tuesday morning, culminating a four-year effort intended to reform approaches to student punishment, increase time in school and end racial disparities in suspensions.The Maryland State Board of Education’s action…
Resource type: News
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Neglect, Abuse Most Common Factors for Children in Care
Source: The Irish Times
By Pamela Duncan Neglect, abuse and mental illness among parents are among the most common reasons for children coming before the child care courts, a project established last year to examine and report on childcare proceedings has found. The first interim report of the Child Care…
Resource type: News