From Bloomberg, a Recommitment to Improving Global Heart Health

From Bloomberg, a Recommitment to Improving Global Heart Health

Bloomberg Philanthropies is putting more major money behind a global effort to combat cardiovascular disease. It remains the top cause of death in low and middle-income countries, but draws in relatively little aid funding.

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Finally: A Leading Mega-Giver Steps up for the Opioid Crisis as the Death Toll Rises

Finally: A Leading Mega-Giver Steps up for the Opioid Crisis as the Death Toll Rises

Health funders have been remarkably passive as the most urgent public health crisis in recent memory has claimed ever more lives—70,000 last year alone. The good news is that Mike Bloomberg is now paying attention.

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Now Bloomberg Wants to Stop Kids From Drowning in Bangladesh

One day it's a new $53 million initiative on oceans, yesterday it was a $10 million project to save toddlers from drowning in South Asia. There's definitely no shortage of action over there at Bloomberg Philanthropies, as we predicted there would be. But what's up with tackling drowning, which seems like a pretty obscure niche?
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