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December 17, 2008

In this issue of Health Funding Watch, the Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to health-related topics, you'll learn of some good news from the global health field. You'll also find links to other health-related news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings. Health Funding Watch is available exclusively to visitors who register at the Foundation Center's Web site.

Measles Initiative Announces Significant Drop in Measles Deaths Worldwide

The Measles Initiative has announced that between 2000 and 2007 measles deaths fell from 750,000 to 197,000, or 74 percent, worldwide, and from 96,000 to 10,000, or 90 percent, in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The decline represents a significant step toward achieving the UN goal to reduce measles deaths worldwide by 90 percent by 2010. Launched in 2001 by the American Red Cross, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, the initiative works to achieve that goal by ensuring that all children receive two doses of measles vaccine, including one dose by their first birthday; strengthening disease surveillance systems; and providing effective treatment for the disease. Read the article»

Recent Health News from Philanthropy News Digest

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $9 Million for Clinical Research
The six recipients of the 2008 Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award will each receive $1.5 million over five to seven years to continue work that bridges the gap between biomedical research and clinical applications to improve human health....
Posted: 12/17/08

Global Health Should Be Key Component of U.S. Foreign Policy, Report Finds
According to a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, the new administration should create a White House Interagency Committee on Global Health to ensure a more balanced and strategic U.S. global health effort....
Posted: 12/17/08

Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $7 Million to Improve Nursing Education, Healthcare Delivery in South Africa
Four South African universities will receive grants of approximately $1.6 million each, while three additional universities will be awarded seed grants of $100,000 each to help elevate nursing education and upgrade the quality of healthcare delivery....
Posted: 12/15/08

Cadbury Awards $1.5 Million for Dental Education, Care for Children in Need
The grant will enable Smiles Across America to more than double the number of children receiving oral health services and education from its professional healthcare partners, beginning in 2009....
Posted: 12/13/08

More health news»

Funding Opportunities

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Offers Grants to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Four-year matching grants of up to $360,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to increase opportunities for physical activity and improve access to affordable healthy foods for children and families....
Deadline: 2/03/09

Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Offers Support for Research on Cancers Affecting Women
Two-year grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to doctors and medical scientists researching cures for ovarian, uterine, breast, and cervical cancer....
Deadline: 2/13/09

Feldstein Medical Foundation Launches First Grant Cycle
Grants of up to $75,000 per year will be awarded to nonprofit-affiliated researchers working in previously neglected areas of medical research....
Deadline: 2/15/09

University of California, San Francisco, Invites Applications for University Community Partnerships Program
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to existing or new public health-related service learning programs that involve volunteers from the UCSF faculty, staff, and student body....
Deadline: 2/18/09

More requests for proposals»

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Peace on Earth,
Good Health to All

New York City-based EngenderHealth

works to improve the health and well-being of people in the poorest communities of the world by sharing expertise in sexual and reproductive health while improving the quality of health care. EngenderHealth programs address family planning, maternal health, HIV and AIDS, and gender equity, and the organization also works in the areas of advocacy and policy.

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Did you know…?

… that marketing has an especially powerful impact on the foods and beverages kids consume? According to a new research brief (12 pages, PDF) from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 98 percent of food advertisements viewed by children and 89 percent of those viewed by adolescents were for products high in fat, sugar, or sodium.

Job Opportunities

Community Liaison Officer
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts
Posted: 12/16/08

Executive Director
Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS Research and Treatment
New York, New York
Posted: 12/12/08

Executive Director
To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation
Kentfield, California
Posted: 12/11/08

Grants Finance Manager
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
Posted: 12/09/08

Executive Director
Alzheimer's Association, Western Carolina Chapter
Charlotte, North Carolina
Posted: 12/08/08

More job opportunities»

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