Ashoka, Contributor

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How A “Vital Station” Is Motivating Nicaraguans To Care About Their Health 

Many Nicaraguans have a reactive approach to healthcare, visiting a doctor only when they are very sick. Social entrepreneur Marcos Lacayo set up EstaciĆ³n Vital to change that.

How EMGuidance Is Saving Lives In South Africa

A new mobile treatment platform offers medical professionals free, instant access to locally relevant medicines info and clinical guidelines.

How EMGuidance Is Saving Lives In South Africa

A new mobile treatment platform offers medical professionals free, instant access to locally relevant medicines info and clinical guidelines.

The Drama Of Pregnant Women In Prison – And The Woman On A Mission To Fix It

Erica Gerrity, the founder of Ostara Initiative, pairs expecting mothers who are incarcerated with doulas.

Death Is Not An Emergency: How Recompose Is Redesigning The End of Life

Social entrepreneur Katrina Spade wants to transform the U.S. funeral industry and create more options for those facing death, and for their families.