News & Events
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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…
HAI 2008 Fundraiser
On Thursday June 19th, Health Alliance International held its first benefit dinner and auction at Habesha Ethiopian Restaurant in downtown Seattle. Over 70 people, including HAI staff, Board members, and friends joined us for the fundraiser event that included silent and live auctions, an extensive Ethiopian buffet dinner, and a dessert auction. More…
Program Challenges: The Crisis in Timor-Leste
For more than a year, a political crisis leading to turmoil and violence has gripped the new nation of Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor). The crisis began in March 2006 when 591 soldiers from the country's western region were dismissed after signing a petition claiming discrimination inside the 1300-strong Timor-Leste Defense Force (FDTL). On April 28, a demonstration by the dismissed soldiers turned violent. In the weeks of rioting that followed at least 25 people were killed, houses and shops were burned and looted and many of the 130,000 residents of the capital city of Dili fled their homes. More…
AIDS Treatment Access: Mozambique
Treatment data as of March 2008. In mid-2004, the Government of Mozambique implemented a free public-sector national scale up of AIDS care and treatment. From June 2004 to March 2008, the numbers of patients accessing treatment in the country has gone from 4500 to over 98,000. 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, Cote 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
2006 Annual Report
View the Health Alliance International 2006 annual report: We have accelerated the pace of our remarkable expansion of the past several years and our activities and budget have more than tripled since 2000. (PDF file, 1.9MB)
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
- "Reauthorize our pledge to fight AIDS", Seattle PI
- by Wendy Johnson and Jennifer Kasper. (off-site link)
- "Support Efforts to Boost Health Care for Africans", The Seattle Times
- by Meredith Fort. (off-site link)
- "G-8 commitments to Africa Unfulfilled", Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- by Wendy Johnson. (off-site link)
- "Global Health Op-Ed.", Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- by Wendy Johnson, Meredith Fort. (PDF file, 16kB)
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…