
Focus on global health
At $46 billion each year – almost a quarter of all grantmaking – philanthropy spends more on health-related causes than anything else. As the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies, philanthropy has provided critical funding for vaccine development, medical equipment, mutual aid, social welfare, and global health infrastructure.
But there is intense debate about how the largest foundations interact with governments, international bodies and pharmaceutical companies and who should hold them accountable. Alliance considers new directions for global health philanthropy and explores whether health funding is going where its most needed, and asks who gets to decide.
News, analysis, interviews and more on global health philanthropy
Global health philanthropy: is it too much or not enough?

Opinion
The power of Ubuntu to reform international development and build a healthi…

Opinion
A call for coordination: philanthropy’s response to Covid-19, HIV, and sy…
Letter
How to fund health advocacy
Letter
Social enterprise success eases the healthcare gap
Letter
The downside of donor funding

News
New report outlines need for investment in menstrual health and hygiene

Opinion
Philanthropy must invest in tackling non-communicable diseases

Interview
Inequality and infections: philanthropy must be a catalyst for changing pow…

News
New report explores community philanthropy’s response to Covid-19 in Lati…

Opinion
Reaching youth with sexual health information in rural Zambia demands innov…

Conference Report
Alliance webinar: Global health philanthropy – is it too much, or not eno…

News
WHO Foundation appoints Anil Soni first CEO

News
Open Society Foundations urge reset of global health funding

Interview
Funding when disaster strikes

News
Register for our webinar on global health philanthropy – 10 Dec., 3pm GMT

News
Dr Tedros: There is great potential and need for philanthropy to partner wi…

Special feature
Funding for global health: too much and not enough

Special feature
In profile: Global health philanthropy

Special feature
Reader survey: Philanthropy’s response to Covid-19

Special feature
Alliance exclusive: Interview with Dr Tedros of the WHO

Special feature