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The Development Set
Stories and conversations about global health and social impact.
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Stories and conversations about global health, development, and social impact. The Development Set is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We retain editorial independence.

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Marion Durand
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Erick Alexander Fletes
Freelance art director @MEDIUM
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Gabe Kleinman
husband, father of daughters, does stuff @Medium
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Sarika Bansal
Editor of The Development Set on @Medium. Lover of wit and hot sauce.
Writers
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Lucy Bernholz
Philanthropy wonk
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Christine M Ngaruiya
MD, MSc, DTM&H. Public health vigilante, targeting NCDs in LMICs and pursuing equitable care for all. Impossible? #publicvoicesfellow #globalhealthcorps advisor
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Angela Velez-Segui
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Byron Tannehill Jr
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James Norris
Seasoned social entrepreneur, “professional” lifehacker, global nomad — jamesnorris.org
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noa kushner
innovation + rabbi + mother + The Kitchen
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Charles Kenny
Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development and author of The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West
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joanna schroeder
Freelance Writer. Fervent feminist with an eye on issues facing men and boys.
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Hana Schank
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Courtney Martin
author of Do It Anyway and The New Better Off, co-founder of @soljourno & @FRESHSpeakers, @TEDPrize strategist, electric slider, momma, lover, fighter
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Stacey McKenna
An anthropologist-turned-journalist covering the intersections of health and social justice for those at the cultural margins. More at staceymckennawrites.com.
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Leila Janah
Founder and CEO of Sama Group and Laxmi. Loves adventure travel and sport. Lives in California.
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Oliver Lee Bateman
Lawyer, prof, 650lb d-lft. Columns: @AJAM[email protected][email protected] @VICE[email protected], &c. Non/fiction w/ @erikhinton: http://www.pennyandfarthing.com Repped by @inkwellmgmt.
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Marika Shioiri-Clark
Ex- IDEO.org & MASS Design Group social impact designer, moonlighting as @Hingetown creative placemaker, living in a firehouse in Cleveland, OH
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jocelynw
Co-Lead and Executive Director of http://t.co/oUD0Oe7TRL
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amber_croyle
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Alexis K Barnes
Multimedia Journalist currently working & freelancing in Zambia as a GHC Fellow. Passionate about WASH, gender issues & sriracha. www.alexiskbarnes.com
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Soma Stout, 100MLives
Through 100 Million Healthier Lives, we are building a movement to transform the way we think and act to improve health, wellbeing and equity
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Neeraj Mistry
Neeraj Mistry, M.D., M.P.H., is managing director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, a program of the Sabin Vaccine Institute.
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Harsimran Gill
Delhi based freelance journalist. He tweets @bikkigill
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Margaret Corvid
journalist, dominatrix. columnist, @newstatesman. writes all over the shop. contributing editor, @salvagedotzone. socialist, feminist. squawks @mistressmagpie
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UNICEF
UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child in 190 countries and territories, with a special focus on reaching those in greatest need.
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Naomi Sayers
Law student, sex work activist, indigenous feminist. Anishnaabe-kwe who writes at www.kwetoday.com.
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rebeka refuse
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Amie Newman
Communication + Writing for Social Change. amienewman.com
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Patricia Pata Campos Mello
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Sonia Narang
Multimedia Journalist. Covering global health and women’s lives. See my world in squares at http://instagram.com/sonianarang. Stories at http://sonianarang.com
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Lauren Smiley
Backchannel and Matter staff reporter.
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Jennifer Koons
Jennifer Koons is the national security editor at CQ Roll Call in Washington, D.C.
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Nathaniel Manning
Building stuff that makes the world a better place. Breaking surface tensions @Ushahidi. Connecting people & things @brcknet. #PIF @projectopendata. iDance.
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Ana P. Santos
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Katia Savchuk
San Francisco-based journalist. Reporter at Forbes. Lover of avocados.
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Magatte Wade
Criticize By Creating is my Mantra. http://t.co/dEdwAcxu http://t.co/VYhu3k4i http://t.co/lTJ5XCag #Branding #Africa #Entrepreneurship
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Britni
Professional buzzkill, feminist momma, recovered alcoholic.
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Rikha Sharma Rani
Freelance writer and director at Solutions Journalism Network, policy wonk, lover of ethnic grocery stores.
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Didem Tali
Journalist. Writer. Full-time traveller.
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Sophie Cousins
Global health writer based in South Asia for @TheLancet, @Nature, @BMJ_latest et al | MIPH candidate @Sydney_Uni | Maternal health, #NTDs & access to healthcare
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Aayush Niroula
Passionate about getting Development right/ Communication Manager @http://possiblehealth.org/
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Patrice
Co-lead + Creative Director of http://t.co/AtBUKGfV4o
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Sruthi Gottipati
Reporter | @SciencePo j-school teacher | @iwmf fellow | Former @reuters @nytimes | Loves a good adventure
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Sam Loewenberg
Sam is a journalist who covers the intersection of global health, business, government and politics. His website is www.samloewenberg.com.
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Lauren McKown
Comms for @IDINetwork & @CITEatMIT, #reprohealth advocate, diehard Spartan, Michigander, farm girl, Scrabble junkie, global thinker
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Ross Baird
Executive Director of @villagecapital; also teach at @UVA. Enable entrepreneurs to solve major global problems. Big fan of @UVa basketball, @braves.
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Abby Falik
Founder/CEO of Global Citizen Year (www.globalcitizenyear.org)
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Robin Pendoley
Founder & CEO of Thinking Beyond Borders, with passions for international development and education
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Lauren Razavi
Journalist for The Guardian, VICE, New Statesman, Positive News and more. I write and talk about politics, media, technology, business and innovation.
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Andy Kopsa
Writer politics, religion, faith-based funding, ladystuff been known to write for The Nation, Ms., The Atlantic, Al Jazeera and others
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Doctors Without Borders
Medical aid org working globally to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
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Jonathan Cedar
CEO, @biolitestove | Social Entrepreneur, Engineer, Ski Fanatic, Banjo Player