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Reader survey: Philanthropy’s response to Covid-19
In October 2020, Alliance magazine conducted a survey to learn more about how the global philanthropy sector was reacting to Covid-19. We received 250 responses from readers in 59 countries around the world.* In your …
Alliance exclusive: Interview with Dr Tedros of the WHO
In the Covid-19 response, why are some high-income countries being outperformed by countries with fewer resources? What are the merits of a multilateralist approach in a crisis like Covid-19? What is it like being in …
Applying the lessons of Ebola to Covid
The devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014 taught us a great deal, but donors still need to maintain their commitments if the human cost of future health crises is to be kept as low as possible …
Self-care and gender equity
The pandemic has highlighted the urgency of self-care as a means of gender-transformative reproductive health The Covid-19 pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of life, including women’s sexual and reproductive health. A recent study by …
Philanthropy’s role in rolling out UHC
Philanthropy can greatly help the implementation of Universal Health Coverage, but it needs to pay attention to some key issues With 400 million people the world over lacking essential health services and many others in …
Philanthropy for fairer healthcare
Philanthropy has a long tradition of funding health services and research. In the wake of Covid-19, it needs to play an equally strong part in ensuring fair access to healthcare Covid-19 has exposed the acute …
Human rights are at the heart of it
We don’t just need to invest in more and better treatments for mental health disorders, we need an approach that’s grounded in treating people with dignity The 2018 G7 Charlevoix Summit Communiqué set out the …
Q&A: Gerard van Breen on eating disorders and mental health
Eating disorders are a serious mental health issue which has been exacerbated by confinement during the pandemic. Alliance talks to Dutch business leader and philanthropist Gerard van Breen who has helped set up a Netherlands-based …
Will financial innovation transform pandemic response?
Betting on a pandemic – cast in its worst light, that’s what a pandemic bond does. In its best light, a pandemic bond is an earnest effort to fill the gap between what countries promise to pay in aid during a crisis and …
Investments are our superpower
It’s widely accepted that institutional philanthropy can achieve more by throwing the whole of its weight behind its mission. This special feature examines some of the ways and means in which foundations are doing so …