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JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Lead the Charge to Develop Dementia Treatment

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03/18/2015

... 47m people worldwide. In addition, a number of major global pharmaceutical companies, includ-ing Biogen, ... Organisation's (WHO) First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, which took...

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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $64 Million to 100 Resilient Cities

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07/29/2015

... the private, public, and NGO sectors; and membership in a global network of participating cities to facilitate ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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AOL Charitable Foundation Joins Others in Event on the STEM Workforce

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11/03/2015

... is prepared to meet the growing challenges of the global economy. Sara Link, President, AOL Charitable ... panel on November 9, 2015 at the Conrad Hotel, when the Global STEM Alliance (GSA) of the New York...

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Commentary from Rockefeller Foundation: A Solution to Hunger? Stop Throwing Dinner Away

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03/15/2016

... and toss one third of it into the trash. Welcome to the global food supply chain of 2016, a vast system in quiet ... While hunger is the most visible part of this quiet global crisis, it is certainly not the...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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MetLife Foundation Announces Sponsorship of “Multipliers of Prosperity” for a Third Year

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04/05/2017

... of financial inclusion. According to the World Bank’s Global Findex*, there are over two billion people globally, ...

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Economic Security

Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies will launch the Partnership for Healthy Cities to focus on fighting noncommunicable diseases - including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory diseases - and injuries.

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Ford, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations’ Impact Investing Highlighted

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06/07/2017

... laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global progress against massive social and environmental ... under management, according to a recent report by the Global Impact Investing Network, a...

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

... Policies In Last Decade The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic published today finds that more ... interventions, according to the new WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017. “...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report

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10/10/2017

... Food Systems (IPES-Food) and commissioned by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF). The report aims to estimate the global aggregate human and economic costs of the various ways ...

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

... Bonnie McClafferty, Director, Agriculture for Nutrition Global Program, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition • Carina Millstone, ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation is a Proud Supporter of the Special Olympics

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10/29/2018

... SNF representatives attended the Special Olympics Global Youth Leadership Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, which ...

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Disabilities

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Ms. Foundation for Women Partners with Gucci for Next Phase of Chime for Change

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01/29/2019

... supporting the following six new projects: Equality Now, Global Fund for Women, Ms. Foundation for Women, UN Women, ...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Gender Justice

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Former President of the Surdna Foundation, Phillip Henderson, Appointed as CEO of The Robert H. N. Ho Foundation

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09/02/2019

... and other fields. Deeply rooted in Hong Kong and with a global vision, the Foundation collaborates with local and ... process of mission realignment and oversaw the ambitious global growth of the German...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... prices by approximately 10 percent. More recently, a study published last month in the British Medical Journal ... of sugary drinks after the law's passage. That study was funded by Bloomberg...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness) A study by J. William Harbour, M.D., associate director for ... be monitored more closely for metastatic disease. The study was supported by the National...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

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02/15/2017

... from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future ... interoperability project. The purpose of the study is to develop an in-depth understanding...

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Fund for the City of New York

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Community Development

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... the size of a house cat, said Patel, co-author of the new study in the Journal of Human Evolution... With Support from ...

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Science

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... Research for Knowledge (SPARK) is an online scientific study and community of individuals with autism and their ... With 25 clinical site partners around the nation, the study aims to ultimately enroll 50,000...

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting...

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