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Improving Sanitation by Exposing Gender Inequities

Gender can play a critical role in determining who has access to sanitation products and services and when. Yet the design of sanitation systems, products, and services is often approached without regard to gender or related social norms.

As we have explored the role of gender in... Read more

How Companies are Improving Competitiveness by Addressing Health Challenges

Every pharmaceutical and medical device company in the world is trying to grow their markets and better meet the needs of medically underserved populations.

While most business leaders understand these opportunities, realizing this potential is a different story. To do so, companies must... Read more

Scaling Market-Based Sanitation

Lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene is one of the most pressing issues of our time. According to the UN, 2.4 billion people lack access to basic... Read more

Three Levers to Address Global Menstrual Health Challenges

A few weeks ago, I was honored to moderate a panel at PeriodCon—a new conference, organized by students at Yale’s School of Management, that brings together industry leaders, policy makers, product innovators,... Read more

The Dapivirine Ring: The Next Frontier in HIV Prevention

While we have made tremendous strides against HIV over the past several decades, one challenge has remained persistently unaddressed—the ability of women to protect themselves, and others, against HIV.

For too long, the decision to use prevention has been controlled by men, either directly... Read more

The Power of Companies to Influence Social Norms

Companies are uniquely positioned to drive change around social norms by using their brand credibility, marketing expertise, reach, and access to key influencers, among other assets. Companies can create significant, lasting social change by shifting harmful social norms. But why should... Read more

What Proposed Cuts to U.S. Foreign Affairs Budget Mean for Public-Private Partnerships

The analogy of foreign policy being a 3-legged stool is not new, but it is in jeopardy. As a member of the Washington State Advisory Committee for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, I recently had the opportunity to... Read more

Kenya Launches New HIV Innovations with Support from OPTIONS Consortium, FSG Client

Earlier this month, Kenya’s Ministry of Health celebrated the national launch of 2 important new tools with the potential to transform the fight against HIV: HIV self-testing kits... Read more

Logging on for Better Reproductive Health

In a new article in India Development Review, “Logging on for Better Reproductive Health,” Chandrima Das discusses FSG’s research on the sexual health and reproductive needs of young people in... Read more

Perspectives from Women in Southeast Asia Powering Digital Health

This year, I was thankful to spend International Women’s Day with many amazing women from all around Southeast Asia at the Asian E-Health Information Network (AeHIN) conference in Nay Pwi Taw, Myanmar. AeHIN is an effective model for how a region... Read more

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