Global Health Advocacy Incubator

November 3, 2021

Advocate Spotlight: Elinami Mungure

Elinami Mungure is breaking new ground at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI): He coordinates the Cardiovascular Health program’s first regional campa…

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…

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 18, 2020

Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety Expands Commitment to Saving Lives

Road safety advocates in India A new commitment from Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP) will allow the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) to expand its lifesa…

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…

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…

May 13, 2019

Social Media Advocacy in Action: United Nations Road Safety Week

Last week, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator engaged partners, experts and global advocates to convene a Twitter chat to mark United Nations Road Safety Wee…

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…

January 23, 2019

Changing the Road Safety Narrative in Tanzania

The Global Health Advocacy Incubator has seen through decades of experience that one key metric in campaign success is shifting the media environment to create…

January 10, 2019

New Life-Saving Drowning Prevention Program in Vietnam

Drowning is a silent epidemic, claiming 360,000 lives per year, with more than 90 percent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. I…