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PEPFAR—and Effective Advocacy—Save Lives: A Breakfast Dialogue at the Aspen Institute
Our Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast Series is back next Thursday, April 25th, with Ten Years of PEPFAR: A Conversation About Evaluation, Advocacy and Grantmaking. Taking the Institute of Medicine’s
Save the Date: Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on April 25th, 8:15-9:45AM
So we’re back, folks, with another heavily caffeinated breakfast discussion on advocacy evaluation. On April 25th, Kimberly Scott of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Serra Sippel of the Center for Health and Gender Equity,
On Salience
In a provocative op-ed for Al Jazeera, political scientist Tarak Barkawi explains how “9/11 stole my whiteness.” The politics of race in a post-9/11 world is, let’s just say, tricky—and Barkawi underscores the ways in which a singular, tragic moment
Global Health Policy Networks
At our last advocacy evaluation breakfast, American University professor Jeremy Shiffman presented on his work for the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Advocacy and Policy Project. Focusing on what makes for an effective
Bipartisanship?! Really?
The Kaiser Family Foundation published the results of their latest poll of the American public—this time on spending in global health projects in the developing world. The majority of Democrats (74%), Republicans (66%), and Independents (66%)
Our Next Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast: A Closer Look at Global Health Policy Networks
Globally, why have deaths from certain conditions declined faster than others? Typically, people’s answers focus on the quality of medical interventions. What’s missing is consideration of the actors: the individuals and organizations
The World as Classroom
The idea gurus at TED have just released an online portal for educators—and for the student in all of us: TED-Ed. Teachers from around the world are invited to submit short lessons, and those selected are paired up with animators to produce pithy,
US Diplomacy and Development Review Renews Interest in Impact:
This week’s release of the QDDR emphasizes targeted interventions with impact. The report is themed around impact, efficiency, and effectiveness of international development efforts. John Sullivan of the Huffington Post speculates that this
