What We Do – Global Health Nexus
Global Health Nexus, Seattle – an initiative of the Washington Global Health Alliance in partnership with Prosperity Partnership and the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association – brings the Seattle region’s business, research, government and medical community together to build a platform for enhanced collaboration and action. We raise public awareness of global health issues and provide an avenue for individuals and institutions to contribute to global health solutions
Global Health Nexus has active Advisory, Leadership, and Working groups with over 200 volunteers working to develop and implement programs and activities. See who is involved.
Global Health Nexus In Action
Ambitious plans are underway to accelerate this momentum as part of Next Fifty, a six month celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair. July 2012 will be Global Health Month, with exhibits, events and a student competition. It will feature our region’s strengths in combating malaria, diabetes and cancer, and in improving mother and child health and access to safe water. On July 14th, Melinda Gates will keynote a gathering of 3000 people.
Nexus is spearheading a range of global health activities, forged by the participation and ideas of leading individuals and organizations across the region. These activities include:
- Agency (formerly Party with a Purpose): Agency inspires young people to build and strengthen the global health community. Our chief effort is an annual event in Seattle called “Agency,” which educates 1,000 people in their 20s and 30s about global health.
- Be The Change Global Health Student Competition: Nexus is launching a student competition. The challenge: to develop innovative solutions to today's global health challenges through mobile applications, social networking, technology and more.
- Global Health Experience exhibit: Nexus will host an exhibition that transports visitors into the life of a child in the developing world, featuring global health innovations and solutions from the Pacific Northwest. Themes include malaria, maternal newborn child health, cancer, diabetes and clean water.
- Global health events: There will be several exciting gatherings in July 2012, including GroundSwell: A Night for Global Health featuring innovations in maternal, newborn and child health. The Life Sciences Innovation Northwest conference and a multi-faith event "Doing Good and Faithful Work will also take place. Such gatherings provide a platform to showcase our area’s leading innovations, organizations and companies and to learn about transformations in global health, film and lecture series.
- Advancing Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health: Every year, 15 million people die from infectious diseases, and another 36 million die from non-communicable diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Health systems around the world and at home face shortages of trained professionals, and medicines. Prevention—even the simple act of vaccination--is underutilized as a strategy for good health. Such tough global health challenges require working across sectors and creating unusual partnerships. Nexus aims to foster new public-private partnerships such as the Supply Chain Initiative that will provide opportunities for companies to get involved with global health in emerging markets.
Support Us: Through one-time gifts, planned giving or sponsorships, your support will help stimulate global health and local growth. Contact Global Health Nexus for more information.