HFI Rallies with Others to Institute Change in Davos, Geneva, and Beyond
In May, HFI was represented in Geneva and Davos, Switzerland during the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA). As multiple events were held in these locations, HFI was a staple at the World Heart Summit (WHS), World Economic Forum (WEF), Female
Read MoreIncentivizing Healthy Living
Wellness-linked insurance programs offer members incentives to engage in healthy behaviors. These models show great promise in reducing healthcare costs and improving health outcomes. This is particularly true for NCDs, which require ongoing treatment and monitoring, and can result in complications that are both dangerous to the patient’s health and expensive to treat. Read HFI’s new blog below to learn more about wellness-linked insurance and how innovative finance solutions can expand these models to include lower-income customers.
Read MoreNew Administration – New Commitment to Global Health?
The opinion article, entitled “Blended finance solutions to the NCD gap,” examines the current burden of NCDs globally and the inadequate mechanisms for financing NCD care. Our CEO Dr. Andrea Feigl makes the case for why investment in NCDs should be a priority despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and elaborates on specific blended finance instruments that can kickstart a more effective response to the massive burden posed by these diseases.
Read MoreWho Gets the Vaccine? To ensure vulnerable populations get priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine, we need better health data
As unfurling the complexities of COVID-19 continues to pose difficulty for global health specialists, emerging data from the pandemic is a constant reminder of the interconnectedness of non-communicable disease (NCDs) with this new virus.
Read MoreOpinion: Blended finance solutions to the NCD funding gap
Every second NCDs are responsible for one death globally. That is equal to losing the entire population of the state of California – annually.
Read MoreBlended Finance in the Age of COVID-19
Among the stark realities that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic is the negative impact on the underprivileged communities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Read MoreAchieving Universal Health Coverage: We Can’t Improve What We Don’t Measure
Accordingly, Universal Health Coverage became a target for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 3.8, and is an opportunity to realize the human right to health worldwide by 2030.
Read MoreHow the 2020 Election Could Affect Americans’ Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine
At the beginning of this month, the Trump administration announced that it will not join an initiative for global cooperation in rapidly developing a COVID-19 vaccine partially led by the World Health Organization.
Read MoreIn Pandemic Response, Health and Wealth Go Hand in Hand
At the end of September, the world reached a grave milestone: one million deaths from the COVID-19 virus. The magnitude of this death toll is almost incomprehensible; for comparison, it’s greater than the entire population of Washington, D.C.
Read MoreIs Insulin as Cheap As Water? Analyzing High Drug Costs
In 2016, insulin cost diabetic patients an average of over $5,000 a year. Without insurance, a vial of insulin could cost anywhere between $25 to $300 a vial. Even with insurance, people with diabetes still could pay upwards of $100 a month and insulin prices continue to increase
Read MoreMental Health Math: A $1 Trillion Opportunity for Good
The world thrives when we acknowledge, understand, and invest in mental health. Precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health field has been cast out of the shadows into the forefront of global debate. There is a critical window of opportunity to advocate and act.
Read MoreCOVID-19 and NCDs: A Deadly Combination
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) into sharp focus, as those living with NCDs are far more likely to die from this novel coronavirus.
Read MoreDigitizing Diabetes Care: A Revolution in Medical Tech
Diabetes, one of the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs), has been on the rise around the world for years. In 1980, just over 100 million people were living with diabetes, but by 2014, the number of diagnosed cases had skyrocketed to 422 million.
Read MoreWorld Diabetes Day in the Age of COVID-19: An Urgent Wake-up Call
This year’s World Diabetes Day comes at a time when people living with diabetes are under threat more than ever before. Diabetics are at especially high risk for COVID-19, a risk that is exacerbated even further by difficulties accessing care and maintaining their health and wellbeing during the pandemic.
Read MoreThe Double Burden of Respiratory NCDs and Air Pollution
A recent study on air pollution and COVID-19 outcomes in the U.S. found that very slight increases in exposure to pollutants — just one microgram per cubic meter (the standard unit for air pollution) in particulate matter in the air (fine inhalable particles)
Read MoreOn Universal Health Coverage Day, time to think about new financing solutions for health
As the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world, it has all too often exposed pre-existing shortcomings in our health systems. As HFI has noted, these shortcomings include inadequate care for many chronic conditions.
Read MoreHFI’s Top 20 Accomplishments of 2020
HFI received $3.16M in funding from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to help us mobilize financing and build partnerships to address the global burden of chronic disease.
Read MoreWe Need Better NCD Data for COVID-19 Response in LMICs
As the old adage goes, you can’t improve what you don’t measure. When it comes to containing the COVID-19 pandemic in the world’s poorest countries, there is a lot – too much – that we do not measure, especially related.
Read MoreAchieving UHC – Where We Stand on NCD Care
Universal health coverage (UHC) has long been a goal for the World Health Organization, and the global health community at large. The WHO defines UHC as “all individuals and communities receiving the health services they need without suffering financial hardship.
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