HFI is excited to announce the launch of our Senior Advisory Board. The board brings together a distinguished and diverse group of health and finance experts united by their shared passion and commitment to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As HFI works to catalyze financing for NCDs, our Senior Advisory Board will help us expand our network and advocate for our mission to external partners.
Thank you to our new board members. HFI is thrilled to work with you to achieve our mission to achieve global health and wellbeing.
Join HFI's Executive Board
Would you like to use your skills to make the world a better place? Calling experienced board members with a passion for global health, sustainable finance, and saving lives!
We are recruiting new members for our Executive Board - Board of Directors to help further our mission of closing the noncommunicable disease funding gap through innovative finance solutions. As HFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Executive Board members are unpaid and encouraged to support fundraising activities.
To apply, please e-mail a CV and cover letter to hr@healthfinanceinstitute.org.
Health Finance Digest – HFI participates in Access for Future Movement's Value Proposition Days
Vertical and Roche’s Access for Future Movement (A4F) collaboration is about connecting global partners with local communities to help solve healthcare challenges in high population, low-income countries. The movement hosted its Value Proposition Days which were a culmination of a larger challenge to respond to health system weaknesses in Nigeria. During the Value Proposition Days, five companies pitched their innovative healthcare delivery solutions to A4F’s piloting partners.
Members of the HFI leadership team had the opportunity to listen to the pitches and ask thought-provoking questions about each group’s model and strategy. In the coming months, HFI will continue working with the A4F Movement to design, structure, and implement blended finance facility solutions to deepen healthcare access in Nigeria.
74th World Health Assembly highlights the importance of NCDs
This week, the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off with Director-General, Dr. Tedros, highlighting the past year's difficulties but reminding the world of the remarkable ways people have come together to combat the pandemic. COVID-19 has demonstrated that when nations work collaboratively, they have the potential to better global health. Dr. Tedros also discussed other WHO accomplishments from the past year. These include NCD-related activities such as building NCD services in 36 countries, creating mental health toolkits, and increasing the use of the WHO HEARTS package of interventions for hypertension.
Throughout the week, member states will discuss several NCD-related resolutions. For example, one suggested resolution aims to reduce the burden of NCDs by preventing and controlling diabetes, and another focuses on improving oral health. Additionally, member states will evaluate the role of multi-stakeholder engagement for the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, and there will be a mid-point evaluation of the WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020. HFI is thrilled to see NCDs on the WHA agenda and looks forward to continuing to engage with these important issues.
Mindfulness May: Taking a step back for mental health
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, HFI staff are participating in Mindfulness May. Team members are encouraged to meditate, do yoga, or some other mindfulness practice for at least 10 minutes per day. HFI has also subscribed staff to the Calm app to support this initiative. Through this initiative, we hope our staff can take a step back and focus on their mental health.
At HFI, we recognize that mental health programs should be implemented through small-scale programs, such as our Mindfulness May, and larger country-level programs. In October, HFI, in collaboration with One Mind, published a blog examining mental health and how the global health community should incorporate mental health care into COVID-19 recovery efforts. The pandemic has worsened mental health for many in America and around the world, with more than half of Americans reporting mental health issues due to COVID-19. However, there’s great opportunity to be unlocked in promoting mental health and well-being, which accounts for $1 trillion in lost productivity annually. Learn more about the issue and what we can do about it here.
