Health Equity
Access to Affordable, Quality Health Care Is a Fundamental Human Right
Global
Atlantic worked for many years so that all people, no matter where they live or their socioeconomic status, can access affordable quality healthcare. Much of our grantmaking to achieve health equity concentrated on leadership development—helping to identify, connect and prepare a generation of young leaders committed to driving systemic change in health care systems and practices. To enable this work to continue beyond Atlantic’s years we made several culminating grants in South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United States, where we have been most engaged in this work. They include:
- $45 million for the Atlantic Fellows® for Health Equity in South Africa at Tekano to create, connect and sustain a community of innovators and leaders who will help bridge the gap between rich and poor, and build a healthier nation for all.
- $40 million for the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia program at the Equity Initiative, which seeks to dramatically reduce disparities in health access, quality, and outcomes throughout Southeast Asia.
- $24 million for the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program at George Washington University’s Health Workforce Institute to identify, connect and prepare leaders to build more equitable health systems and organizations.
- $14.8 million for a new Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation to serve as a national resource and hub for U.S. consumer advocacy.
- $12.5 million to improve health care financing for patient-centered models that serve vulnerable populations in the United States.
These grants will help develop emerging health leaders, advocates and influencers focused on common solutions, skills and values essential to improving health access, quality and outcomes.
Over the Years, We’ve Invested in Health Care Leaders, New and Enhanced Models of Delivery, and Research
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Health System Reform
Universal health insurance is key to helping improve the well-being of low-income people and people of color.
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Population Health
Atlantic’s investments addressed factors affecting the health of a country’s population, including supporting quality training of medical personnel and encouraging supportive government policies.
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Nursing
Atlantic supported efforts to revitalize, develop and restore pride in nursing in South Africa.
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Biomedical Research
Atlantic grants underwrote research around the world aimed at finding and developing life-saving biomedical breakthroughs.
Explore Our Culminating Health Equity Grants
The Thinking and Grants Behind Some of Our Big Bets on Health Equity
Summaries of Case Studies, Evaluations & Reports
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How an Innovative Grant Catalyzed Investment Capital to Bring Health Care to Vulnerable Populations
Source: Arabella Advisors
This case study describes how Atlantic partnered with impact investing specialists at Arabella Advisors to help Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap), a community development financial institution. Atlantic’s grant enabled V-Cap to expand its capacity to support health care providers that serve low-income and vulnerable communities in the United…
Resource type: Case Study
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Transforming Global Health Through Hope, Health, Action and Knowledge: Lessons from the Largest Continuing Education Programme in Public Health in Africa
Source: Marian Jacobs
This report describes how with support from The Atlantic Philanthropies, the School of Public Health at the University of Western Cape (UWC) became a leading training institution for practitioners who today are advancing health equity in South Africa. Prior to the formal establishment of the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Social Justice Journalism: Lessons from Health-e News
Source: Barbara Klugman
This report examines how quality advocacy journalism from Health-e News, a South African nonprofit news service focused on the country’s delivery of public health services, is helping advance the goal of achieving a healthy, equitable and just nation. Health-e News, which was founded in 1999, came to prominence…
Resource type: Research Report
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Dissecting Human Capital
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
When Atlantic invested in wide-ranging reform of Viet Nam's public health and primary health care systems, it set out first and foremost to fill a leadership gap — that is, to find, train, equip and extend the influence of the country’s brightest, most skilled and…
Resource type: Research Report
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First, Treat the System: Atlantic’s Effort to Promote Health and Equity in Viet Nam
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
How did Atlantic work to improve public health and primary health care in Viet Nam – and what lessons did it learn along the way? Watch this short video in which author Tony Proscio and Atlantic Country Director, Viet Nam Dr. Le Nhan Phuong summarise Atlantic’s grantmaking approach,…
Resource type: Video
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The Path to a People-Centered Health System
Source: Community Catalyst
Millions of Americans now have access to health coverage and care, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But the health care system in the United States is still notable for its variable quality, inefficiency, high costs, health inequities and lack of responsiveness to the needs…
Resource type: Research Report
