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Policy Brief: Improving Women, Infants, and Children’s Access to Food and Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on food access, this issue brief highlights
recent policies and puts forward a recommendation to ensure that the over 6 million individuals who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Pro
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Stories From the Field: Leseliey Welch
Please tell us about your background and what led you to start Birth Detroit.
I am a dreamer, a str
ategist, an entrepreneur, and a Black queer mom, bringing my lived experience and background in public health and business admi
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Milken Institute Announces Key Initiatives at the 2024 Global Conference to Shape the Future of Health
Esther Krofah, executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, (pictured at left) with Emma Wal
msley, CEO of GSK, (right) at the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference.
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Mobilizing Stalled Assets from Big Pharma for Neglected Patient Groups
As part of the BRIDGE initiative, FasterCures seeks to highlight novel partnerships involving deprio
ritized drugs that can serve as models for future transactio
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Closing the Data Gap to Rebuild a More Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
As the past months have shown, technology both connects and divides us. Children returning to school
may not have a reliable connection to their teachers., Every sector, and every company, can play a vital role in leveraging knowledge and information for social impact., Mayor Nutter’s words struck a deep chord for me. It crystalized much of what we’ve been working toward at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
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10,000 Communities Initiative Expands Community Infrastructure Center with New Partnerships
The Milken Institute, a global think tank focused on financial, physical, mental, and environmental
health, today announced new implementation partnerships designed to expand technical assistance to help thousands of underserved urban and rural communit
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An Update from MI Philanthropy
In This Newsletter
Global Conference Highlights
Program Updates
Reports and Resources
MI Philanthro
py and Partners in the News
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Longevity and Philanthropy: Wallis Annenberg GenSpace on Reimagining Aging
The writer Martha Beck once said this of growing old: “Everybody has to do it, but I always believed
an exception would be made in my case.”, We have to start seeing and valuing older people as the very embodiment of the strength, wisdom, and spirit of society.
, The simple fact is that aging is a cultural and social phenomenon as much as it is a biological one. But unlike those societies that actually revere the elderly for their experience and wisdom, our American culture too often regards them with pity.
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