By: Edgar Cruz April 5, 2022 On February 21, 2022, Dr. Paul Farmer suddenly died of an acute cardiac event. Dr. Farmer was a medical anthropologist who co-founded the Partners in Health (“PIH”) organization in 1987. Through PIH, Dr. Farmer and his teams of local accompagnateurs, expanded access to healthcare in poor and rural communities […]
By: Stacey Shenderov April 4, 2022 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the United States have shut down. Additionally, current small business owners report mental and physical health struggles, and furthermore “nearly a quarter [report] almost constant mental exhaustion.” However, some well-connected corporations have thrived during the […]
By: Alessandra Perez February 21, 2022 The UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a key agency making extraordinary contributions to their communities and the world at large. In addition to providing more than half a million children with high quality education, UNRWA has also invested in human […]
In a UNICEF study of the national childcare policies of forty-one countries, the United States ranks next to last. The U.S.’s dismal childcare policy is detrimental to women, specifically those living at the poverty line. Women are traditionally the primary caregivers in their families, so inadequate caregiving support impacts women the most, especially single mothers.
