Americas Health Foundation
Americas Health Foundation
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About this organization
Mission
BUILDING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS.
About
IN 2017, AMERICAS HEALTH FOUNDATION (AHF) CARRIED OUT A WORKSHOP AND DEVELOPED A WHITE PAPER ON HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN ONCOLOGY, WHICH WAS HELD AS AN OFFICIAL EVENT LINKED TO ISPOR'S 6TH LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE, AND DISCUSSED HOW HEALTH SYSTEMS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PROPERLY ADOPT INNOVATION IN ONCOLOGY. AHF ALSO WRAPPED UP A MULTI-ACTIVITY DENGUE TASK FORCE FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WHICH SOUGHT TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF DENGUE AND ADVANCE MEDICAL, POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE REGARDING AVAILABLE METHODS OF DENGUE PREVENTION AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE AVAILABLE VACCINE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AHF PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF CONSENSUS CONFERENCES IN LATIN AMERICA, DURING WHICH THE AHF BROUGHT TOGETHER EXPERTS FROM THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS, WITH THE GOAL OF EVALUATING THE AVAILABLE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR DISEASE AND ITS CORRESPONDING TREATMENTS AND DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS STATEMENT THAT, PUBLISHED IN A LATIN AMERICAN HEALTH JOURNAL, ADVANCES UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE AND FORMULATES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION, THUS PROVIDING ACTIONABLE STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN BY PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. IN 2017, THE AHF CARRIED OUT CONSENSUS CONFERENCES ON VACCINATION IN ADULTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, INCREASING ACCESS TO BIOMARKERS, INCREASING ACCESS TO IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY TREATMENTS, LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES, AND MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA. FINALLY, AHF IS ALSO PART OF A COALITION TO DEVELOP A PATIENT DATABASE FOR RARE DISEASES AND SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Our mission is to advance public health in the americas by working with strategic partners in developing health education, disease prevention, and medical training initiatives.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “Building public-private partnerships to improve health in the americas.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is DC.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2020 is 909 NEW JERSEY AVENUE SE NO 1101, WASHINGTON, DC, 20003.
- The non-profit has reported 0 employees on their form for the year 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$90,083.
- The organization has 6 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2011.
- The organization pays $186,056 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.