Party with a Purpose almost sold out!
Okay, you don’t have much more time. Party with a Purpose is almost sold out. This Friday’s event, sponsored by the Washington Global Health Alliance, is aimed at bringing together mostly young people...
View ArticlePartying with a purpose, looking for an impact
More than a thousand young (along with a few not-so-young) Seattleites got together Friday to eat, drink, dance, schmooze and Party with a Purpose. Seattle’s second annual Party with a Purpose was at...
View ArticleA look at the local global health “industry” of Washington state
The Washington Global Health Alliance and the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development has published a new report describing our region’s growing global health industry (even though they shy...
View ArticleHow the ‘Battle in Seattle’ led to a global health epicenter
How did Seattle get to be a world epicenter for global health? Most people would say that it’s due to the simple fact that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s biggest philanthropy with...
View ArticleSeattle’s Party with a Purpose is on again, as ‘Agency’
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Global health is sexy. At least in Seattle. The best evidence of this perhaps has been the annual Party with a Purpose, a celebration sponsored by...
View ArticleSeattle global health experts put talents to use in south King County
By Collin Tong for Crosscut Seattle’s global health powerhouses turn their attention to south King County A coalition of local and global health groups have banded together to bring the lessons they’ve...
View ArticleChangemakers: Enlisting spiders to fight malaria
By Cyan James, special correspondent A fresh crop of Changemakers has been identified by the Washington Global Health Alliance’s Be the Change student competition. Among the three first place winners...
View ArticleSeattle parties to help ‘Mobile Moms’ in Timor-Leste
Melinda Gates was there. Supermodel Christy Turlington was there. So were a thousand or two others, Seattle’s young humanitarians who started a Saturday evening bash with talks about maternal health...
View ArticleAIDS 2012: Faith-based aid and secular humanitarians still uneasy bedfellows
WASHINGTON, DC — Here at the (ridiculously) big International AIDS Conference, I’ve been wandering around listening to scientists talk about science and policy makers talk about policy but not hearing...
View ArticleThe Sudden Death and Rebirth of the Global Health Council
The global health community was left bewildered when the Global Health Council suddenly announced last April that it was closing. Members of the prestigious, decades-old organization were not warned...
View ArticleSeattle’s global health community has strong presence in China
It’s not on the official agenda or getting much attention during the Chinese President’s visit to Seattle, but this region’s leadership in global health has already built strong connections to the...
View ArticleThe Sudden Death and Rebirth of the Global Health Council
The global health community was left bewildered when the Global Health Council suddenly announced last April that it was closing. Members of the prestigious, decades-old organization were not warned in...
View ArticleSeattle’s global health community has strong presence in China
It’s not on the official agenda or getting much attention during the Chinese President’s visit to Seattle, but this region’s leadership in global health has already built strong connections to the...
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