AVPN February 2016 Webinar Recording- Maximizing Impact: Selecting Effective Organizations
Making decisions about which non-profits or social enterprises to support can sometimes be complex. What criteria should be used to select the organization? What are some of the KPIs that should be used to measure their impact? Funders and resource providers often have a hard time selecting which organizations to support. Epic Foundation will be […]
Building Humanitarian Impact Bonds in Developing Countries
Outlined the value proposition, pointing out key stakeholders and their responsibilities and flow of funds on the Humanitarian Impact Bond (HIB).
Educate the Communities on NPIs for Mitigating the Health Crisis
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There is an urgent need to educate the masses about the importance of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) for combating COVID-19. Based on learnings from the past pandemics, building awareness about executing the NPIs and promoting leadership at community level to ensure its compliance, may help in mitigating the crisis.
Hidden Hunger in Singapore Discussed at AVPN’s Friday Session
For the month of July, AVPN had an intimate gathering with members and community friends at Jack Sim’s house to learn more about the work being done by the BoP Hub. The main project highlighted was on the issue of hidden hunger amongst foreign migrant workers in Singapore. A recent research conducted by NUS […]
Launch of Project Oversight
Project Oversight has been designed as a catalyst to focus attention to the issue of the lack of access to vision correction in the developing world.
Preparing for the Next Health Crisis
Co Author: Dr. Swati Mahajan 4 min read Infobyte: What is the next crisis? In 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) agreed on an ambitious Five Year Strategic Plan known as the ‘Triple Billion Targets’. Under this initiative, by the year 2023, the WHO proposes to achieve three targets: 1 billion more people have access […]
What’s Next for Climate Action in Post COVID-19 Recession?
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COVID 19 – a prelude of things to come? Even though the COVID-19 global outbreak has been termed a black swan event, it should not have taken us by surprise.
Where Does Eye Health Services Fit in a World That Has Changed?
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While COVID-19 is impacting everybody, everywhere, eye care is among the health interventions most significantly affected by the pandemic. Like many other “non-urgent” health services, eye health care was suspended in many countries to increase capacity to fight the pandemic.
