Health

Health Solutions for Poverty Reduction

Food Fortification – An Enriching Opportunity

The Power of Nutrition partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host an expert opinion roundtable on the role of the private sector to help create the multi-sectoral partnerships that will help drive forward large-scale food fortification. In this article, Mabel McKeown outlines some important themes that emerged from the session
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Aligning Business Reporting on Nutrition

Business reporting on nutrition is limited even though one in three people in the world are poorly nourished and that business is providing the vast majority of our food. Additionally, there is a lack of alignment of business reporting on nutrition which makes it difficult to understand business impact and more importantly, to identify the changes that are needed and the practices that should be supported. This article calls for a more aligned reporting of businesses on nutrition using existing indicators.
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Business Fights Poverty Rebuild Better Summit: Health 2020

We had a day of inspiring and engaging content, live events, and peer networking to explore how we can #RebuildBetter and ensure health access
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Thank You – and Introducing one-day Business Fights Poverty Virtual Summits

We’d like to say a big thank you to all of you who took part in Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020. We are also excited to announce that we will be running a series of regular one-day versions of our flagship online conferences. Business Fights Poverty Virtual Summits will be a chance for us to come together, as we did last week, around specific challenges related to building an equitable and resilient future.
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UNGA2020 – Day 3 Webinar 1

Our webinar explored “Hygiene and Behaviour Change: Business Coalitions to Fight COVID-19,” discussing the role of business coalitions in addressing systemic crises like the
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ONLINE Discussion: How can self-care help health systems rebuild better during COVID-19?

Join us for the live written panel discussion to assess how self-care health systems can help rebuild better during COVID-19. This discussion will take place on Thursday 15 October at 10am EST/3pm BST
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How Can Self-Care Help Health Systems Rebuild Better During COVID-19?

A new Business Fights Poverty Challenge with life sciences company Bayer, will explore why COVID-19 provides a window of opportunity to accelerate progress on the ‘self-care’ agenda and how this approach can reduce pressure on strained health systems, improve vulnerable people’s health outcomes and empower individuals and communities in the process.
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Upcoming Online Event: Hygiene and Behaviour Change: Business Coalitions to Fight COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented coalitions by all sectors of society to protect the lives, livelihoods and learning of the world’s most vulnerable people.As part of Business Fights Poverty NYC Online 2020, Business Fights Poverty and Unilever are convening a webinar and online peer discussion to explore how business coalitions can help in the fight against COVID-19.
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Innovation, Collaboration and Purpose: Three Lessons from the Pharmaceutical Industry to Strengthen the Global Health System

The pharmaceutical industry is playing a central role in the response to COVID-19. As we now look to rebuild better, what does the experience of the sector tell us about strengthening our global, national and local health systems and building preparedness and resilience for future shocks?
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Michelle Thompson

Why is nutrition still such a problem? What’s the impact of COVID-19 on these already frightening statistics? And what can we do about it? Michelle Thompson, Director, Head of Partnerships and Brands at The Power of Nutrition, examines and provides insights on each of these questions and more during our conversation.
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How can we mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19?

Join us and a panel of experts for a live written discussion, as part of the Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Conference, to explore how we can mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19. Live Panel Tuesday 14th July 2020, 2pm -3pm BST
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Can We Leapfrog Once Again With Smart Solutions and Cross-Sector Partnerships?

Responding to COVID-19 is not only a question of preparedness, it is fundamentally a question of peace and security, and of political and financial decisions that will have the capacity to address the broader socio-economic consequences of the pandemic as it continues to unfold. As was the case with the response to HIV, COVID-19 is producing new opportunities for smart partnerships at scale and across sectors
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To find out what ‘better’ looks like we must listen to those most affected

As past crises show, whilst disasters affect everyone, inequality is exacerbated. Girls are among the worst affected in any crisis, particularly in the long term. They are exposed to specific risks due to their age and gender – their voices often the least heard, and their rights and needs left unmet. This global pandemic gives us the chance to set a new course for these girls and we must take it. But we cannot ‘Build Back Better’ without ensuring to #ListenToGirls.
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Bold choices required to move from crisis response to future pandemic preparedness

At the recent UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit, leading voices from business, government and the UN discussed how to “recover better, recover stronger, and recover together.” Part of that recovery must be to invest more in pandemic preparedness and disease prevention. 
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Why some companies leapt to support the COVID-19 response

The first phase of the COVID-19 crisis posed an unprecedented challenge for the private sector. In early March, as the pandemic took hold and lockdowns went into effect in the US, companies scrambled to adapt to profound disruptions to their business operations and markets. The rush to protect employees, jobs, financial liquidity – and in some cases the survival of the firm – was all-consuming for many companies.
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Business Fights Poverty COVID-19 Response Framework

A framework for action highlighting ways business can respond to the pandemic, to support the lives, livelihoods and access to learning of the most vulnerable people and communities. With the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School and UK Aid.
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Building Forward Better: Mining as Partner in Supporting More Inclusive and Resilient Societies

A framework for action that explores the collective leadership of the mining and metals industry in rebuilding better in the wake of COVID-19. With the International Council on Mining and Metals and The Partnering Initiative.
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Rebuild Better Framework

A framework for action that builds on the COVID-19 Response Framework to highlight ways in which business can help rebuild better from the pandemic. With the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School and UK Aid.
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Action Toolkit: Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19

A toolkit on how to harness core business strategies including marketing and innovation as well as philanthropy to respond to the increase in gender-based violence during the pandemic. With AB InBev, Avon, CEMEX, the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School and UK Aid.
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COVID-19 ACTION TOOLKIT: Vulnerable Workers in Corporate Value Chains

A toolkit on how businesses can support the most vulnerable workers in their value chains during the pandemic. With Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School and UK Aid.
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