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Health Equity: Cuba, South Africa, the United States, and Viet Nam
[caption id="attachment_58419" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Yarol Yamel, 3, is examined by Dr. Janisleydis Rosado for bronchial asthma at walk-in clinic Number 15, La Santa Fe, Isle of Youth.[/caption] Cuba Although Cuba’s health care system is considered to be one of the best in the world, in…
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Our Legacy: the Atlantic Fellows
Although our doors will close at the end of 2020, the legacy of our commitment to racial and health equity will continue through the Atlantic Fellows programs. Established in 2015 as one of our final “Big Bets”, the Atlantic Fellows programs are a global network…
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Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund
Source: Vital Healthcare Capital
Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund Supporting Better Care for People with Complex Needs in Low-Income Communities Financing For Providers Developing Better Care Models and Quality Frontline Healthcare Jobs New York, NY — Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a…
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SAHRC: Govt failing in healthcare provision
Source: Mail & Guardian
by QUDSIYA KARRIM Government is responsible for the failures in South Africa’s public healthcare system, and needs to address them so that every citizen’s right to access healthcare services is realised, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Thursday. CEO Tseliso Thipanyane said…
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IOM's "Retooling For An Aging America" Seen As Turning Point In Efforts To Improve Healthcare For Older Adults
Source: Medical News Today
Original Source The recent release of "Retooling for an Aging America" -- the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report warning that the nation's healthcare workforce is too small and unprepared for care for the aging population and calling for sweeping changes to avert this looming healthcare…
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Ireland Well Placed to Become a Global Leader in Digital Healthcare
Source: Silicon Republic
Ireland well placed to become a global leader in digital healthcare. Photo: ShutterstockBy John Kennedy, Silicon RepublicIreland – with its concentration of ICT giants, pharmaceutical and medical device makers – is strategically placed to become a world leader in digital healthcare technologies, a conference in…
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U.S. healthcare system pinched by nursing shortage
Source: Reuters
by Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools, according to experts. The shortage has drawn the…
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Atlantic and The California Endowment Commit $12.2 Million for Healthcare Career Pathways In Oakland Unified School District
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Grants will support and expand pathways to healthcare careers in Oakland The Atlantic Philanthropies and The California Endowment today announced $12.2 million in grants to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Alameda Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) to support and expand health career pathways…
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What Progressives Did Right to Win Healthcare
Source: The Nation
By Richard Kirsch. One year after the Tea Party insurgency disrupted Democratic Congressional town hall meetings, it’s worth asking how healthcare reform survived. By the beginning of 2010, Scott Brown had taken Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, reform proponents had lost the national narrative and voters…
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She Launched a Mentorship Program to Create More Black Healthcare Professionals
Source: Black Enterprise
By Kandia Johnson Dr. Christina T. Rosenthal is a dentist, social entrepreneur, and recently named Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, one of nearly 300 people working worldwide to build fairer, healthier, and more inclusive societies. Just one year out of dental school, she opened her first private…
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