To Live

The organization worked on advocacy to improve health outcomes in developing countries. The main area of work was advocacy with Congressional committees with a view to enhancing the effectiveness and front-line focus of US global health programs. The organization continued to work on a bipartisan basis to engage allies in the advocacy, including working with family physicians and others. Advocacy efforts included meetings on Capital hill and other communications with Congress as well as letters to the editors to highlight issues related to global health program effectiveness. The main expenditure item for this program service was professional fees, but over 2,000 hours of volunteer time were also contributed. Training volunteers was a key part of the work.

The organization continued its global health scholarship program to support the professional development of people who have an interest in global health work and have demonstrated talent in that area. Recipients must be studying, or shortly planning to study, for a career in the health professions; the scholarship funds are provided to help support those studies. The organization provided $20,000 of scholarship grant funding during the year.