Global Health Archive

  • Kibera

    African Adventure Shows No Boundaries

    I’ve had a bucket list for as long as I can remember, long before Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson made it cool. It includes things like going to every major sporting event in the world (I have a long way to go), but also focuses...

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  • Rose Berg Weber Shandwick Seattle

    Meet Rose Berg – Seattle Healthcare Practice Lead

    Weber Shandwick Seattle is proud to announce the newest member of our office’s executive leadership team, and the backbone of our burgeoning healthcare practice: Rose Berg. Rose is a Seattle native with a passion for advocacy in health and public affairs, and a professional network that keeps...

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  • AIDSQuilt

    World AIDS Day 2011

    Today is World AIDS Day. A day to remember the more than 25 million people who have died of the virus, support the more than 33 million people living with HIV, raise awareness of the disease and end negative stigmas associated with the disease. World...

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  • 810

    TIME’s Alex Perry Casts a Wide Net in Global Fight Against Malaria

    “Poverty doesn’t just hurt the poor, it hurts everyone” ~ Alex Perry Last Thursday, several of my colleagues and I heard Alex Perry, TIME’s South African bureau chief, speak about the global fight against malaria. His talk was appropriately held at Seattle BioMed, where scientists...

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    Nonprofit Campaign Spotlight: Shot@Life

    It’s great to see non-profit organizations continuing to leverage social media to increase awareness and support for their efforts. One recent standout example is the UN Foundation’s recently-launched Shot@Life campaign. Check out the video below for a taste of what they’re about. Shot@Life is a...

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  • Million Moms Challenge

    Every Mom is One in a Million

    “Every mom counts.” “We all have moms.” “You don’t have to be a mom to help a mom.” UN Week in mid-September saw the launch of the Million Moms Challenge in Times Square, trumpeted through facebook, twitter, a new game app, and an ABC video...

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  • Weber Shandwick Seattle - The Next 15 - Social Impact

    The Next 15 – Predicting the Future of Social Impact Communications

    When I started working at Weber Shandwick Seattle 12 years ago, there was no Social Impact practice. While we worked with non-profits or philanthropy-related clients, it tended to be on small projects around big milestones or events.

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  • Weber Shandwick Seattle - The Next 15 - Science

    The Next 15 – Predicting the Future of Science Communications

    Fifteen years ago, the human genome had not yet been sequenced. It was 2001 before that milestone was reached and we could see the order of the 3 billion base pairs that determine so much of our destiny. And the beat goes on. By the end of 2011, Nature magazine predicts 30,000 individual human genomes will have been deciphered.

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  • ONE

    ONE Campaign Engages Mom Bloggers to Ignite New Audiences

    Shifting up the global development conversation, ONE, a grassroots advocacy organization that fights extreme poverty, sponsored 10 Mom bloggers to travel on a week-long trip through Kenya. The campaign sought to connect moms all over the world to show what life is really like for...

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  • Mosquito Insectary

    Global Health Scene in Seattle: Malaria Gene Knockouts, Mojitos against Mosquitoes

    When it comes to malaria, a disease that kills one child every 45 seconds, our city is buzzing with ideas as thick as the swarm of mosquitoes inside our local insectary. Located in the nonprofit research organization, Seattle BioMed, the insectary supplies mosquitoes for work...

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