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Bicovery: Empowering People Living With Bipolar Disorder
Monday, March 30, 2020
Living with a mental illness can affect almost every aspect of a person's life, including their ability to hold a job, maintain relationships, and carry out day-to-day tasks. In 2017, the World Health Organization calculated 792 million people worldwide suffered from a mental health disorder, ranking mental illness among the most common causes of disability. Why then, do those seeking...
Learn moreExchanging Our Way to a Better World
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
CRDF Global – along with more than 900 government agency representatives, advocates, and leaders in the international exchange field – attended the Global Ties U.S. 2020 National Meeting from January 22-25 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The four-day conference hosted over 50 sessions examining the role of professional exchange programs in advancing U.S. foreign...
Learn moreIn Fighting Disease Outbreaks like Coronavirus, Don’t Forget About the Health Workers
Thursday, February 20, 2020
At the start the Ebola outbreak in 2014, I traveled to West Africa to lead a CRDF Global project on emergency response and preparedness. I walked into an abandoned hospital in the middle of Liberia, where I found two brave nurses delivering a baby. I asked them about the risks they faced, and they replied, “Ebola doesn’t stop babies and the need for us.” It was there that...
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