Improving Access to Care: New Solutions to an Old Problem
This GIH Issue Focus looks at some of the more recent and creative efforts to make sure that people can get health care when they most need it.
GIH 1998 Survey of Foundations Created by Health Care Conversions Sheds New Light
This GIH Issue Focus presents a summary of the preliminary findings of GIH’s 1998 Survey of Foundations Created by Health Care Conversions.
Systemic Contaminants: Making Sense of an Environmental Health Threat
This GIH Issue Focus examines the causes and effects of systemic contaminants, and describes what grantmakers can do to respond.
Strategies for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
This Issue Brief, based on a May 2000 Issue Dialogue, begins by documenting disparities for six health conditions targeted by the federal government and explores some of the underlying causes of health disparities. The report presents examples of philanthropic strategies, as well as federal and state initiatives, and offers conclusions about the challenges foundations are likely to face in working to eliminate health disparities.
Childhood Immunization: Protecting Individuals and Communities
Childhood immunizations are one of the greatest public health achievements in modern times. Questions, however, have been raised about the value and safety of specific vaccines – underscoring the need for balanced, accurate information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
Spanning the Generations: Putting Health Grantmaking in an Intergenerational Context
This report features keynote addresses by Marian Wright Edelman, John W. Rowe, and Gene Cohen.
The Interface Between Public Policy and the Private Sector
Read the keynote speech from GIH’s Washington Briefing by Mark Smith, president and CEO of California HealthCare Foundation.