Nov 30, 2016 | Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Networked Institutions
Raising Awareness since 1988—Hands Up for #HIVPrevention December 1 is World Aids Day—designated in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness of an epidemic that has killed over 36 million people. HIV/AIDS since it was identified in the early...
Nov 21, 2016 | Employment & Prosperity, Governance Networks
The recent demonitization of the most-used denominations of Indian currency may have created an unanticipated trend toward financial inclusion. The twin problems of rampant counterfeiting and of a cash-based exchange system that skirts taxes and reduces participation...
Nov 18, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
By Eldon Opiyo [NAIROBI] Despite recent improvements in infrastructure and affordability, internet adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa is not growing rapidly, a report from the Internet Society says. The report says that the continent’s internet adoption is not growing...
Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Cities, Employment & Prosperity
For days the smog levels in Delhi have been choking residents and threatening health with dangerous particles and an air quality index that has reached 999 (anything above 500 is considered “hazardous,” and, by comparison, the current levels in London are...
Nov 2, 2016 | Advocacy Networks, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability, Policy Networks
Hidden in the chaos of the US presidential vote are climate change issues, and public utility legislation, that have potentially long-reaching implications. National Geographic has released several new documentary pieces that demonstrate that they have held their...