World Health Partners Synopsis More than 1.3 billion people worldwide don’t have access to healthcare, with many living in rural areas far from hospitals. World Health Partners has developed innovative ways to extend the reach of modern medicine. Combining technology...
Basic Needs Synopsis One in four people is affected by mental illness. In the developing world, treatment is often rudimentary; the World Health Organization reports that up to 90 percent of patients have no access to care. This is where Basic Needs comes in....
Skoll World Forum 10th Anniversary Synopsis 2013 marked the tenth anniversary of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, an annual gathering in Oxford of nearly 1,000 distinguished delegates working to solve the world’s most pressing social issues. The Skoll...
The War Against Microbes Synopsis In 1900, the average global life expectancy was about 31 years. Today, it’s 67 – an astonishingly steep improvement that is one of the most radical and consequential changes in all of human history. One of the biggest drivers of that...
The Body’s Secret Army Synopsis Every day of our lives, silently and invisibly, our bodies do battle against a never-ending onslaught of hostile forces. Bacteria. Viruses. Microbes of all kinds. Fortunately, we win the lion’s share of these battles. If we...
