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Rick Lesaar

 

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Let's Say You Have $1 Billion...

May 11, 2016 by Rick Lesaar

How valuable would it be to have a tool that both sorted NGOs by the services they performed and by how effective they were in doing so?

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May 11, 2016 /Rick Lesaar
NGOs, decision tree, database, effectiveness ratings, Global Goals, Gavi, The Global Fund, WHO, UNICEF, Care, Save the Children, iCSO, Gates Foundation, amfAR, Ansari XPrize, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Open Society Foundation, The Water Project, World Stroke Foundation, World Heart Federation, International Diabetes Foundation, Bloomberg Foundation, Rick Lesaar, batch1
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Risk versus Chance – What are the Odds?

February 11, 2016 by Rick Lesaar

A look at the words we use to describe the risk / chance / chances / odds / likelihood / possibility / probability of contracting infectious diseases. 

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February 11, 2016 /Rick Lesaar
UNICEF, WHO, CDC, The Global Fund, PAHO, fhi360, MSH, MSF, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Save the Children, Gates Foundation, Gavi, HIV, AIDS, Cancer, Malaria, Hepatitis, the flu, ebola, TB, tuberculosis, measles, influenza, flu, pheumonia, polio, diarrhea, zika, risk, chance, chances, odds, likelihood, possibility, probability, Rick Lesaar, batch1
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Social Media - Who's Engaging and Who's Engaged

September 01, 2015 by Rick Lesaar

Looking at 18, prominent, global health organizations to see what social media they are using and what levels of engagement they achieve.

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September 01, 2015 /Rick Lesaar
Social Media, UNICEF, WHO, Gavi, Doctors Without Borders, ICRC, PAHO, Save the Children, PATH, CDC, The Global Fund, PEPFAR, GAIN, The Carter Center, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Concern Worldwide, FHI 360, Care International, Rick Lesaar, batch1
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