Project Hope The People To People Health Foundation Inc

TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SOLVING SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON ENABLING HEALTH WORKERS TO HAVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE; STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING HEALTH SYSTEMS; PROVIDING DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND FOSTERING AND PROMOTING HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND THOUGHT-LEADERSHIP.

DISASTERS AND HEALTH CARE: PROJECT HOPE ADDRESSES HEALTH CARE NEEDS BY RESPONDING URGENTLY TO GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND HELPING COMMUNITIES BETTER PREPARE FOR THE NEXT TIME DISASTER STRIKES. WE SUPPORT LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RELIEF IN THE WAKE OF DISASTER, OFTEN STAYING BEYOND OUR INITIAL RESPONSE TO HELP COMMUNITIES AS THEY MOVE INTO RECOVERY. AS OUTBREAKS OF DISEASES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CONFLICT CONTINUE TO ENDANGER ENTIRE POPULATIONS, PROJECT HOPE PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE HELPING COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE RESILIENT TO DISASTERS THAT THREATEN PUBLIC HEALTH. OUR SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS INCLUDE: PROVIDING IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO FILL GAPS IN BASIC NEEDS, PROTECTION AND HEALTH SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN VULNERABLE OR CRISIS-AFFECTED POPULATIONS; PROVIDING DIRECT HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO SUCH SERVICES; TRAINING FIRST RESPONDERS; EQUIPPING AND STAFFING CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, DEPLOYING VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND SUPPLIES; AND STRENGTHENING COUNTRY CAPACITY TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO EMERGING THREATS. DURING 2021, OUR DISASTER RESPONSE AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES REACHED OVER 267,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES FOR 190,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISASTERS OR HUMANITARIAN CRISES. WE DEPLOYED 795 VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE FRONTLINE SUPPORT DURING DISASTERS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES. WE ALSO DONATED $51 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT, MEDICINES, AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM: PROJECT HOPE WORKED IN 29 COUNTRIES IN 2021 TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE WORK WITHIN EXISTING HEALTH SYSTEMS TO EMPOWER HEALTH WORKERS AND PROVIDE THE SOLUTIONS COMMUNITIES NEED MOST. WE UTILIZE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE DIRECT HEALTH CARE SERVICES, EQUIPPING CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, AND TRAINING LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE AREAS OF INFECTIOUS AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, AND MATERNAL, NEONATAL, AND CHILD HEALTH. PROJECT HOPE PARTNERS WITH CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE GREATEST NEEDS FACING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND DELIVER SOLUTIONS THAT IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. IN 2021, PROJECT HOPE HELPED TRAIN APPROXIMATELY 151,000 HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND REACHED OVER 3,000,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ALL PROGRAMS.

HEALTH POLICY HEALTH AFFAIRS: HEALTH AFFAIRS, THE LEADING JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY THOUGHT AND RESEARCH, IS PUBLISHED BY PROJECT HOPE. THE PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL APPEARS MONTHLY IN PRINT AND ONLINE WITH ADDITIONAL ARTICLES RELEASED ONLINE AHEAD OF PRINT. PUBLISHED SINCE 1981, THE WASHINGTON POST HAS CALLED HEALTH AFFAIRS THE BIBLE OF HEALTH POLICY. HEALTH AFFAIRS PUBLISHES POLICY BRIEFS AND A WIDELY READ BLOG, BOTH OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON OUR WEBSITE. HEALTH AFFAIRS HOSTS A RANGE OF PUBLIC EVENTS AND MEDIA BRIEFINGS.