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November 11, 2021

Watch Now: The Global Health Advocacy Incubator Story

The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) has helped civil society organizations around the world achieve health policy victories covering three billion peop…

October 27, 2021

The Global Health Advocacy Incubator Story

Locally-led advocacy, building on global best practice, is the key to integrated, effective, equitable, sustainable and accountable health systems—and for achi…

September 28, 2020

Why We Advocate for Sustainability

At the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, we recognize that lifesaving programs and policies are critical—but not enough. Locally-led advocacy that plans for su…

September 24, 2020

Here's How to Sustain Success in Global Health

Sustainability is an overarching goal of most global health and development projects. It’s also one of the hardest to achieve. How do we ensure that effective…

September 24, 2020

GHAI Hosts Virtual Event During UNGA on Advocacy for Country Ownership

During the 75th U.N. General Assembly, GHAI convened representatives from across government, civil society and philanthropy to discuss the journey to health pr…

July 28, 2020

Why We Advocate

Why do we advocate? Improving public health laws and policies benefits entire populations. Policies shape the environments where people live, making it easie…

May 20, 2020

Lessons from COVID-19 at WHA 73

The opening of WHA 72 in 2019 This week, the beginning of the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) was held digitally for the first time. WHA takes place every yea…

February 3, 2020

GHAI at the 146th WHO Executive Board

This week, we’re at the 146th WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva. The Executive Board sets the agenda for the annual World Health Assembly in May. The Worl…

December 23, 2019

Year in Review: 10 Advocacy Stories from 2019

Each year, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator works with local partners across the globe to advocate for policies that improve health and save lives. In 2019…

November 20, 2019

New Case Study: Maternal and Reproductive Health in Tanzania

We’re pleased to be able to share our most recent case study, “Maternal and Reproductive Health Program Handover in Tanzania.” A Maternal and Reproductive Heal…

November 4, 2019

Meet Our Team

We’re proud to work within and across issues and countries, in diverse political systems. We’re equally proud of our global network of local partners, who lead…

October 31, 2019

Our Approach to Advocacy

Our approach to advocacy begins with our local partners. We assess and strengthen their advocacy capacity and provide ongoing technical assistance. Because we…

October 14, 2019

Civil Society Advocacy for Universal Health Coverage

A longer version of this story appeared originally on the Health Affairs Blog. On September 23, heads of state from around the world pledged to achieve univers…

October 2, 2019

How to Transition a Project from International Donor to Local Government

This story originally appeared in Devex. Earlier this summer, something happened that we in the development community often talk about, but rarely get to see: …

September 9, 2019

Where We Work

Mariana de Araujo Ferraz, the Brazil in-country coordinator for GHAI’s obesity prevention program. Where do we work? We’ve just added an interactive map tha…

July 1, 2019

A Life-Saving Program Returned to its Rightful Owner

June 20, 2019 was a day for celebration and a milestone in the sustainability of a life-saving maternal health program in Tanzania. A maternal and reproductive…

June 21, 2019

GHAI Partnership Event

The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) was launched by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) in 2014.  This week, we introduced our work to the g…

January 29, 2019

Sustaining a Life-Saving Maternal Health Program in Tanzania

Tanzania has the sixth highest number of maternal deaths in the world, with one woman dying every hour from complications of pregnancy or childbirth. These dea…