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Atlantic in Australia
Atlantic invested $368 million in Australia between 1998 and 2016 to grow the country’s biomedical research, bolster higher education, advance social equity and boost leadership capabilities in related sectors. Here you’ll find a collection of news and reports about Atlantic’s work in Australia.
Resource type: Featured Topic
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Building Palliative Care: The Cicely Saunders Institute Journey
Source: Olivia Dix and the Cicely Saunders Institute
This case study looks at the work of the Cicely Saunders Institute (CSI) at Kings College London, U.K, and its impact on the field of palliative care since it was established in 2010; Atlantic was its largest funder. The Cicely Saunders Institute is the only…
Resource type: Case Study
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Atlantic in Northern Ireland
From 1991 through 2016, Atlantic invested $570 million in Northern Ireland to promote the peace process; reshape higher education; support cross-community primary and secondary schools; improve public services to tackle disadvantage; develop social policy based on evidence of need, and demonstrable effectiveness; and strengthen independent organizations…
Resource type: Featured Topic
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Welcome to the School of Resiliency
It’s a Thursday morning in mid- December and Betsye Steele, principal of Ralph J. Bunche High School, is holding her weekly new-student orientation session. She sits at the small table in her office talking with Antwon, the school’s newest student, and his grandfather. As they…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Our Work in the Republic of Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Between 1987 and 2014, Atlantic invested more than $1.2 billion (€1 billion) in the Republic of Ireland to stimulate a knowledge economy by rebuilding the higher education system, protect and expand human and civil rights, and fundamentally transform the design and delivery of services for…
Resource type: Video
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Where to train the world’s doctors? Cuba.
Source: TEDMED
In this TEDMED talk, American journalist and Havana resident Gail Reed spotlights a Cuban medical school that trains doctors from low-income countries who pledge to serve communities like their own. Learn More > MEDICC’s Gail Reed’s Talk on Cuba’s Latin American Medical School Featured on…
Resource type: Speech
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Where to train the world’s doctors? Cuba.
Source: TED
In this TEDMED talk, American journalist and Havana resident Gail Reed spotlights a Cuban medical school that trains doctors from low-income countries who pledge to serve communities like their own. Learn More > “Cuba’s Primary Health Care Revolution: 30 Years On,” an article by Gail…
Resource type: Video
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A Look At Our Work in Viet Nam
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
A look back at Atlantic’s more than 15 years of work in Viet Nam, helping to improve higher education, health care and public health for people too long deprived of those fundamental public goods. > View the full version of this video > Read the…
Resource type: Video
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A Room of Her Own
Source: StoryCorps
Rosalie Berkowitz almost died when Medicare denied her home health care and nursing aides stopped their visits. In 2012, Rosalie was part of a class-action suit pursuing protection of Medicare benefits for people with chronic illnesses. Learn More The Center for Medicare Advocacy provides education,…
Resource type: Video
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Gay and Lesbian Refugees in South Africa: ‘We Thought You’d Accept Us’
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the Constitution promises equal rights. Tolerance and acceptance, however, does not come easily. Find out how gay rights activism has helped challenge and overcome xenophobia and homophobia. Learn More PASSOP…
Resource type: Video