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Cool Things Our Global Health & Wellbeing Grantees Accomplished in 2024

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Emily Oehlsen, Deena Mousa and Jamie Simonson

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January 29, 2025

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy.   In 2024, grantees in Open Philanthropy’s Global Health and Wellbeing (GHW) portfolio made progress toward developing a next-generation malaria vaccine, successfully advocated for U.K. retailers to adopt a new welfare standard that we expect to improve conditions...
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Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan, Rafael Latham-Proença and Oliver Kim

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October 16, 2024

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. This is a high-level summary of our approach to launching a program focused on economic growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and not a medium...
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New Grantmaking Program: Forecasting

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Benjamin Tereick

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February 19, 2024

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. We are happy to announce that we have added forecasting as an official grantmaking focus area. As of January 2024, the forecasting team comprises two full-time...
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Introducing Open Philanthropy’s New Leadership Team

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Alexander Berger

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February 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. Since Holden formally stepped down as co-CEO of Open Philanthropy last July, I’ve been working to build out our new leadership team. This post introduces the...
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New Grantmaking Program: Global Public Health Policy

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James Snowden

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November 22, 2023

Editor’s note: This article was published under our former name, Open Philanthropy. Some content may be outdated. You can see our latest writing here. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added a new cause area to our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio: Global Public Health Policy. The program will be overseen...
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