Who Cares About Malaria?

In 2010, malaria killed almost a million people worldwide and still infects about 350 million a year. These are large figures for a disease that is both curable and preventable.

Malaria is one of humanity’s biggest killers, ranking among

Ebola, Math and Next Steps

Ebola has been in the news. But much of the news has not offered background information about the disease.

The world may be facing the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded. According to the Centers for Disease Control and

Building Social Enterprises in Nepal

For hundreds of years, many societies have delegated the responsibility to care for the underprivileged to governments and charities. However, the past two decades have seen a surge in the number of businesses taking interest in providing

Syria Newest to Report Polio Outbreaks

War has more casualties than we know.

We learned in September 2013 that an outbreak of the deadly polio virus occurred in Syria. It was the first in that country since 1999. While the world-wide incidence of polio

Polio is a complicated and contentious foe

“Whatever else happens, this child will not be crippled by polio” is just one of the thoughts that go through your mind as you deliver the drops that prevent polio. With that thought and the fact that

Incentives, Ownership and Productivity

Regardless of all operational, strategic and management factors, staff productivity can make or break a business. Recruitment and training are thus fundamental to any CEO’s efforts to ensure or improve worker output. Still, many firms struggle in

Indian Firms Joining Battle to Provide Low-cost Health Care

Across the modern world today there are few topics more divisive and debated than health care. Governments are constantly in a struggle to ensure proper care is available to those who need it, while also combating risings

Stock Prices of Pharmaceutical Companies Working to Address Ebola

In the race for a cure for one of the world’s deadliest epidemics, it may sound insensitive to raise the issue of share prices. But at the heart of this crisis is a story of potential corporate

Continuing Advantage: Reflections of a Former Employee-Owner

What does working for an ESOP company mean to an ex-ESOPer? Plenty!

In 1991, I joined the staff of Berkeley Policy Associates (BPA), a small social policy research/program evaluation firm in Oakland, California. In 2011, two months shy

Bring Back Mortgage Burning Parties!

I recently had dinner with three friends, one of whom seemed to be in particularly good spirits. When I asked why, he stated that he had just paid off his mortgage. Before I could congratulate him, our

Reduction in Infant Mortality Provides Reason for Hope

Riding the Coconut Boom Toward Social Good

Dignity Coco is located in Cagmanaba Barangay in the Philippines. It is a company which has been created to improve the employment, pay, safety and environmental situation in the town. Although many people have criticized the concept