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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress
The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…

- Foundation Strategy
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
Biotech and Global Health
January 3, 2011The scarcity of R&D for the developing world is not a new problem. It has been 50 years since we had a new TB drug – because the issue has been addressed in th…
Burning Questions in the NCDs Response
December 20, 2010Last week, my colleague Sebastien shared his thoughts on the global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and opportunities for pharma companies to pro…
Noncommunicable Diseases, Access, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
December 13, 2010Hypertension. Cancer. Diabetes. COPD. Those are all non-communicable diseases (NCDs) traditionally depicted as the privilege of wealthy societies basking in th…
FSG Alumnus in Western Kenya
December 6, 2010After spending two and a half years at FSG, I moved to Western Kenya to work with AMPATH, a leading health organization that is providing HIV/AIDS treatment to…
The potential for mHealth
December 1, 2010A few days ago, I was listening to the energetic CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Todd Park, talk about Text4baby, a text message servi…
Improving PDP Access Planning
November 29, 2010One of my favorite FSG moments was 4 years ago in Karachi, Pakistan conducting research regarding potential new diarrheal treatments for children. My colleague…
A Pill Can Prevent HIV
November 23, 2010Take a pill regularly and it can decrease your risk of HIV risk by 90%. I feel like I'm dreaming- we have now entered a new age in the fight against HIV.
A day of action, a commitment to the future
November 4, 2010HIV/AIDS. Malaria. Climate Change. Child Mortality. Education. These are all challenges facing the developing world that have received much deserved and increa…