Annual Report 2014

GIH’s 2014 Annual Report document’s the organization’s programmatic and financial activities.

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GIH Bulletin: June 2015

Long-term poverty is the norm in many rural areas of the United States. Coupled with slow (or nonexistent) job growth, limited numbers of health care providers, and other access issues, the result is significant physical, oral, and behavioral health problems.

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Health Reform Five Years Later: Philanthropy Steps Up to the Challenge

In this report, GIH describes the full spectrum of ways in which foundations have engaged in health reform-related efforts—both coverage expansion and health system transformation—since passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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GIH Bulletin: May 2015

GIH has many conversations with health foundations and corporate giving programs across the country, helping us gauge the areas in which grantmakers are active. We have identified eight priorities, illustrating the breadth of funder interests.

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¡Que Viva! Latinos and Health Care in the South

The Latino population in the southern United States is flourishing, which offers the region an opportunity to enrich the fabric of their communities with dynamic and vital young families who are eager to thrive. This demographic shift has sparked strategic conversations within health philanthropy about how best to ensure that Latino communities in the southern states have access to quality, affordable health care.

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The Cuban Prescription: Human-Centered Care

Earlier this year, members of Grantmakers In Health’s board and senior staff visited Havana, Cuba, with MEDICC, an organization licensed by the U.S.Department of the Treasury to conduct people-to-people trips to Cuba. The primary objectives of the trip were to see the Cuban approach to health in action, and to consider whether there were takeaway lessons for the U.S. health system.

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GIH Bulletin: April 2015

This year marks the 100th anniversary of National Negro Health Week and the 30th anniversary of the Heckler Report. Both were milestones in the quest for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.

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Beyond Grantmaking: Health Foundations as Policy Change Agents

This GIH report seeks to help the field of health philanthropy maximize its strategic potential and minimize the difficulties inherent in taking on new roles by both describing ways funders are directly engaging in policy change efforts and distilling the key lessons learned from these experiences.

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GIH Bulletin: March 2015

This year’s annual conference in Austin, Texas, was a multidimensional exploration of the theme Pathways to Health. Dynamic plenary speakers set the tone, beginning with Patrick Kennedy (The Kennedy Forum)

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