News & Events
Haiti: How you can help
Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti following the earthquake on January 12th. Here are some suggestions for how you can help. More…
Upcoming Events
- 8th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference 2010: War and Global Health
- April 23-25, 2010
- The theme of the 8th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference is War and Global Health, to be held at the University of Washington. Co-sponsored by the UW Department of Global Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and numerous other regional universities and organizations. More…
AIDS Treatment Access: Mozambique
Treatment data as of September 2009. In mid-2004, the Government of Mozambique implemented a free public-sector national scale up of AIDS care and treatment. From June 2004 to September 2009, the numbers of patients accessing treatment in the country has gone from 4500 to over 161,000. More…
HAI and Other Advocates Call for Bold Targets and Funding for Global Health
In May 2009, President Obama announced a Global Health Initiative to provide $63 billion over 6 years toward a range of global health issues, from HIV to maternal and child health to health systems strengthening. A coalition of diverse global health organizations, including Health Alliance International, developed a report outlining the bold targets necessary to make real progress in all areas of global health, and what resources will be necessary. More…
NGO Code of Conduct for Health Systems Strengthening
This Code of Conduct outlines practices that international nongovernmental organizations can adopt -- or avoid -- to better support public sector health systems in developing countries. As one of the organizations that developed the Code of Conduct, HAI encourages all organizations to join us in signing on to this effort. More…
Seattle Macroeconomic Literacy Training Resources
Health Alliance International hosted a training to increase macroeconomic policy literacy on June 19-20, 2008. The training provided a basic understanding of the effect of International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies on health and social sector budgets in low income countries. Now available online are the conference presentations and background materials. More…
Philosophy
Advocacy for Global Health
HAI recognizes that the most important determinants of health consist of the basic conditions of daily life that promote health and well-being. More…
Programs
Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire
HAI staff has been active in Cote d‘Ivoire since 1991. HAI staff and the University of Washington have had continuous links with the CHU since 1993. More…
Mozambique, Africa
HAI supports the Mozambican Ministry of Health at a national and regional level, including building capacity for the scale-up of universal, public sector AIDS treatment. More…
Sudan, Africa
In the last three years, substantial efforts have been dedicated to scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Sudan. More…
Timor-Leste, Asia
Our latest efforts include supporting the Ministry of Health to strengthen its national Maternal and Newborn Care program through health system improvement and health promotion. More…
Publications
Annual Reports
2008 Annual Report
Film: AIDS & Mozambique
“The Faces of AIDS in Mozambique”
This film personalizes the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Central Mozambique where the prevalence of the virus is the highest in the country. More…
Editorial: HIV & AIDS
- "Let’s pledge a dime for global health", Seattle Times
- by Steve Gloyd and Rep. Jim McDermott. (off-site link)
Book: Global Health
"Sickness and Wealth - The Corporate Assault on Global Health"
In this collection of new essays, international scholars and activists examine how official and corporate actors of globalization (including multi-nationals, the IMF and World Bank, the WTO, and “first world” governments) have enacted policies that limit medical access and promote disease and death for many in the poor world. (Now available in Spanish.) More…