Israel is one of the smallest countries in the world, but it has delivered some of the biggest results in healthcare.  It has a 90% patient satisfaction rate, top-tier rankings by international health measures, one of the lowest costs-per-patient in the world, a world-class community and primary care system, and Israel has become a leading developer and exporter of life-saving healthcare technology, training, systems, policies, medical equipment, and expertise.

“I was never a fearful person, but today I am afraid.” That’s what I thought when walking to a friend’s house nearby to return a phone he lent me after mine was stolen.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led millions of people to simultaneously lose their jobs and their health coverage, making the idea of funding health insurance with labor taxes look like a pretty bad idea.

Diana El-Azar is the Senior Director of Strategic Communications at Minerva Project – an educational organization that partners with leading institutions and organizations to design and deliver customized learning and talent development programs, through innovative curriculum, pedagogy, and technology.

Nichole Saad is the senior program manager for education at the Wikimedia Foundation, and Edna Medina is a partnerships consultant for Latin America at the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other free knowledge projects.

Rodulfo J. Prieto is the co-founder of Laboratoria – a social organization that works to create a more diverse, inclusive and competitive digital economy in Latin America.

Stefanie M. Falconi is a Policy Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Instituto Limite – an organization training the next generation of experts building strategies to respond to climate change. Stefanie is an expert in the field of climate change and is also a special guest in our blog series about the development of #skills21 in Latin America and the Caribbean.