Social impact bonds for public health programs

Social impact bonds for public health programs

Imagine a public health program that reduces the incidences of childhood asthma. Or imagine another one that assigns a home visiting nurse to women pregnant with their first child. Don't stop there. Imagine another program that identifies children under six who are at-risk of abuse and another one that helps the mentally ill out of restrictive institutional settings and into meaningful community housing.

The more cynical among us who suffer from "compassion burnout" may say that there's very little imaginative about the public health programs noted above that have been launched in states like California, New York, New Mexico, Oregon and South Carolina.

Brexit resignation: Why British PM David Cameron had to go
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Brexit resignation: Why British PM David Cameron had to go

Victoria Honeyman

David Cameron has resigned as British Prime Minister, shortly after it was announced that his country had voted to leave the European Union. Emerging from Downing Street at around 8.30am, Cameron said that he would stay on for the time being but that a new leader would probably be in place by October.

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