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Research & Updates
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December 2023
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A Case Study on Insecticide-Treated Bednets
Date
December 01, 2023
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2023
Title
Our Planned Allocation to GiveWell’s Recommendations for the Next Few Years
Date
October 05, 2023
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2022
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Does Putting Kids in School Now Put Money in Their Pockets Later? Revisiting a Natural Experiment in Indonesia
Date
November 23, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2022
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Telecommunications in LMICs
Date
October 06, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2022
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Civil Conflict Reduction
Date
October 06, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2022
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Update on Our Planned Allocation to GiveWell’s Recommended Charities in 2022
Date
July 05, 2022
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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November 2021
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NPR: On #GivingTuesday, how to get the most bang for your buck
Date
November 30, 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2021
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Vox: These are the charities where your money will do the most good
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November 29, 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2021
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2021 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities: Why We’re Giving More Going Forward
Date
November 19, 2021
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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December 2020
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 11, 2020
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2019
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Vox: A US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should go
Date
December 20, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2019
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2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 06, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2019
Title
GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat
Date
July 09, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2019
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Vox: This charity just canceled one of its poverty programs. That’s a good thing.
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June 07, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2019
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Vox: GiveWell expands cost-effective giving focus to include policy interventions
Date
February 26, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2019
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NPR: Why This Charity Isn’t Afraid To Say It Failed
Date
January 07, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2018
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2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 12, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2018
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The New York Times: Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.
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December 01, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2018
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Devex: A new US development finance agency takes flight
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October 04, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2018
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The Economist: Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck?
Date
June 02, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2018
Title
Dr. Stephanie James, Director of Science, and Dr. Karen Tountas, Scientific Program Manager, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
Date
February 14, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Role in Global Price Drops for Antiretroviral Drugs
Date
January 10, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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November 2017
Title
Amanda Glassman, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 29, 2017
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2016
Title
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)
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December 28, 2016
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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November 2016
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Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Head Fellow, and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
Date
November 15, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2016
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Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
Date
June 22, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2016
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
Date
June 15, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2016
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Dr. João Breda, Programme Manager, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Date
May 17, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2016
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Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Lea Kenig, Deputy chief development officer, Carnegie
Date
February 05, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2016
Title
Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
January 25, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2016
Title
Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – January 2016
Date
January 12, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2015
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Dr. Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
Date
December 15, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2015
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Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Date
July 08, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2015
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Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
June 25, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2015
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Mark Wilson, CEO; David Tovey, Editor in Chief; Kathelene Weiss, Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser
Date
April 30, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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March 2015
Title
SDI Update – March 2015
Date
March 01, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2014
Title
Faith Rose, Education Sector Team Manager, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Date
November 04, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2014
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Aid to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Date
September 01, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2014
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Micah Manary, MD/PhD Student, University of California, San Diego and scientific advisor to GiveWell
Date
August 29, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2014
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Gayle Martin, Senior Economist, World Bank; Program Leader, Service Delivery Indicators (SDI)
Date
July 30, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2014
Title
Anna Bershteyn, Institute for Disease Modeling
Date
July 17, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2014
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Paul Haenle, Director, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Date
April 22, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
Title
Milan Vaishnav, Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date
February 27, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
Title
A Conversation with the Gates Foundation about Malaria Funding and Eradication
Date
February 10, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
Title
Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
Date
February 06, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
Title
Dr. Dermot Maher, International Portfolio Manager, The Wellcome Trust
Date
February 03, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
Title
Improving Funding Allocation within HIV/AIDS Programs in Developing Countries
Date
February 01, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2014
Title
Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
Date
January 08, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
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Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
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December 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
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Vikram Patel, Joint Director, Centre for Global Mental Health
Date
December 12, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2013
Title
Chip Mellor, President and General Counsel, Institute for Justice
Date
December 12, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Steve Riskin, Senior Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace
Date
November 26, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Dr. Stefano Bertozzi, Dean and Professor of Health Policy & Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Date
November 20, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
November 2013
Title
Kimberly Elliott, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Nancy Birdsall, President, and Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2013
Title
Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – November 2013
Date
November 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
November 2013
Title
Tobacco Control in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Date
November 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
October 2013
Title
Traffic Safety in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Date
October 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2013
Title
Shirley Rodrigues, Portfolio Manager, Climate Change, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Date
September 24, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2013
Title
Darren Kew, Associate Professor, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance; McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston
Date
September 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2013
Title
Faith Rose and Sasha Zoueva, Investments Team, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Date
September 10, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2013
Title
Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
August 27, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2013
Title
Margie Peden, Coordinator, Unintentional Injury Prevention, World Health Organization
Date
August 13, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2013
Title
T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Director of Road Safety, FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society
Date
August 02, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2013
Title
Environment for Business in Low-Income Countries
Date
August 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2013
Title
Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date
August 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2013
Title
Alex Rugamba, Director for Regional Integration and Trade, and Angela Nalikka, Chief Investment Officer
Date
July 30, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2013
Title
Owen Barder, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe, Center for Global Development
Date
July 24, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2013
Title
Ruth Levineb (Program Director), Helena Choi (Program Officer), and Margot Fahnestock (Program Officer), Global Development and Population Program
Date
July 15, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2013
Title
Jocelyn Wyatt, Co-Lead and Executive Director, IDEO.org
Date
June 14, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2013
Title
Nancy Birdsall, President, and Todd Moss, Vice President for Programs and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
June 05, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2013
Title
Vijaya Ramachandran, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
June 04, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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May 2013
Title
Todd Moss, Vice President for Programs and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
May 07, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2013
Title
Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, and Kate McQueston, Program Coordinator
Date
April 10, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2013
Title
Update on Co-Funding Grant to Population Services International Myanmar – April 2013
Date
April 01, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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March 2013
Title
Mark Wilson, CEO, David Tovey, Editor-in-Chief, and Kay Dickersin, Director, The Cochrane Collaboration
Date
March 05, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2013
Title
Richard Mugisha, Program Officer/Country Manager, Uganda, Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
Date
January 29, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2012
Title
Linda Frey, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation
Date
November 19, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2012
Title
Mike Clarke, Co-Founder of the Evidence Aid project
Date
October 26, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2012
Title
Anil Soni, Former CEO of Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Date
October 18, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2012
Title
Jo Mulligan, Research and Evidence Division, Department for International Development
Date
October 10, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2012
Title
Rebecca Daou, Divisions Manager, Lions Club International Foundation
Date
September 25, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
September 2012
Title
Sara Rogge and Alix Zwane, Senior Program Officers, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Gates Foundation, and Jenna Brereton, Consultant, Geneva Global
Date
September 18, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
September 2012
Title
Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center and the Eyes and Vision Review Group, U.S. Satellite
Date
September 14, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
September 2012
Title
Martin Burton, Director of the UK Cochrane Center
Date
September 06, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
Sally Green, Co-Director of the Australasian Cochrane Center
Date
August 23, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
Michael Rosenfeld, Professor, Stanford University
Date
August 21, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
Sue Kinn, Team Leader and Research Manager at the Department for International Development (DFID)
Date
August 21, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
A Conversation about Vaccination: Violaine Mitchell, Interim Director, Country Immunization Programs
Date
August 20, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
Jimmy Volmink, Director of the South African Cochrane Center
Date
August 17, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
David Tovey, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Collaboration
Date
August 14, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
August 2012
Title
Paul Garner, Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Review Group
Date
August 13, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2012
Title
Peter Attia, Co-Founder, Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI)
Date
July 31, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2012
Title
Anna Taylor, Senior Nutrition Adviser, Department for International Development
Date
July 30, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2012
Title
Greg Widmyer, Senior Program Officer, and Jennifer Alcorn, Program Officer, Global Policy and Advocacy, Gates Foundation
Date
July 13, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2012
Title
Department for International Development
Date
July 09, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
July 2012
Title
Kay Dickersin, Director of the U.S. Cochrane Center and the Eyes and Vision Review Group, U.S. Satellite
Date
July 09, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
June 2012