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Time mag­a­zine’s Chris­tine Gor­man blogs about the lat­est inter­na­tion­al health news on the TIME.com Glob­al Health Blog (and yes, it has an RSS feed).

What does one of the world’s most famous rock stars know about pover­ty? Plen­ty. Bono not only makes great music, he is mak­ing big changes in the world as well. In 2002, Bono found­ed DATA, Debt AIDS Trade Africa. He now influ­ences pop­u­lar cul­ture AND the world’s most pow­er­ful lead­ers. In recog­ni­tion of his achieve­ments, TIME mag­a­zine named him one

Over the past few years, I’ve been doing an increas­ing amount of research about social entre­peneurs, non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions, and local and glob­al chal­lenges. Because I believe it’s my respon­si­bil­i­ty and priv­i­lege to share the knowl­edge that I col­lect, I’m launch­ing a new blog for my find­ings and thoughts on how we can change the world for the bet­ter. You can

The book that start­ed all of this for me was How to Change the World: Social Entre­pre­neurs and the Pow­er of New Ideas by David Born­stein. He pro­files peo­ple who have made a change in their world, focus­ing on nine indi­vid­u­als who were select­ed for fel­low­ships by an orga­ni­za­tion called Ashoka. Ashoka’s mis­sion is “to shape a cit­i­zen sec­tor that

Over the past few years, I’ve been increas­ing­ly drawn to social entre­peneur­ship and the pow­er to change the world that has been demon­strat­ed by indi­vid­u­als. With the rise of tech­nol­o­gy, glob­al­iza­tion, and wealth, the pow­er to cre­ate pos­i­tive change in the world is ever-increas­ing. Still, there are seri­ous glob­al chal­lenges that human­i­ty must face. This blog will high­light indi­vid­u­als and