About the Bay Area Global Health Alliance
OUR MISSION
The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s mission is to advance global health innovation and equity and improve health outcomes by connecting and convening its cross-sector, multi-disciplinary members and partners. The Alliance serves as a neutral convener and catalyst, communicator, and connector, brokering multi-sector collaborations and engaging the tech sector alongside traditional global health stakeholders.
Connections
Bespoke connections to organizations and contacts in the Alliance network that are focused on similar investment and issue areas, with the potential of brokering collaborations on aligned goals.
Convenings
Engage in cross-sector programming and panels on priority global health issue areas of aligned interest, sharing learnings and insights on global health trends, best practices, and challenges.
Communications
Provide visibility for the global health news and events of our global network of members and partners through our monthly Connections newsletter, LinkedIn, and website.
SNAPSHOT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP
Member Organizations
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Based in the Bay Area
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Tech Sector/Tech Focused
State of the Alliance 2024
This year has been pivotal in strengthening the impact of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance as a trusted neutral convener, catalyst, and connector. We are proud to champion our members and help transform how diverse sectors collaborate to address the complex global health challenges of our time. As we close this year, we remain steadfast in our commitment to this trusted and growing community. We embrace our role as a catalyst for cross-sector collaboration, engaging the tech sector with traditional global health stakeholders, fostering connections and opportunities for members, and collectively generating insights and innovative solutions that improve health outcomes and lives.
Alliance Programming & Initiatives
AI and Global Health
The intersection of AI and global health is unlocking new possibilities to improve health outcomes, expand access, and address persistent challenges across health systems worldwide. Building on momentum from our 2023 Annual Meeting panel and our participation in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Roundtable on AI and Global Health, our community has voiced a strong interest in continuing to shape this fast-evolving frontier. At the Alliance, we are convening cross-sector leaders to explore how AI can be responsibly and effectively applied to global health.
Innovative Financing and Investments
As traditional global health funding faces mounting challenges, private capital, impact investing, and innovative financing are increasingly critical. In alignment with our mission, the Alliance is fostering multi-sector dialogues to catalyze greater private-sector investment in healthcare across emerging markets. Our programming—including convenings at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, and outcomes-based financing efforts targeting antimicrobial resistance—is helping shape the future of sustainable global health financing.
Strengthening Primary Care Access: AI and Pharmacies
On October 14, the Alliance organized a panel at the Africa HealthTech Summit in Kigali, Strengthening Primary Care Access: AI and Pharmacies, as part of its 2025 AI and Global Health Discussion Series, sponsored by Pfizer. The session brought together experts from Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub, Goodlife, The Global Fund, and the Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda to explore how AI can enable pharmacists to deliver comprehensive primary care services, particularly in low-resource settings, that extend far beyond medication dispensing.
AI-Assisted Ultrasound: Bridging Innovation and Access in Low-Resource Settings
On September 9, the Alliance hosted AI-Assisted Ultrasound: Bridging Innovation and Access in Low-Resource Settings as part of its 2025 AI and Global Health Discussion Series, sponsored by Pfizer. The panel brought together multi-sector perspectives from AMPATH Kenya, the Gates Foundation, the Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI), Philips Ultrasound, and UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Together, the expert panelists discussed the potential of AI-assisted ultrasound to democratize diagnostics in low-resource settings — making affordable imaging more accessible for maternal health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, and other critical conditions where access is too often limited.
Dual Market Returns: Healthcare Investment in Emerging Markets | JPM 2025
On January 15, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance hosted a panel discussion, Realizing Returns: Investment Opportunities in Emerging Markets, at the 2025 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) in San Francisco, followed by a reception to continue the conversation, Private Sector Finance for Global Health: Investing for Impact and Equity, held at Accenture San Francisco Innovation Hub. Together, these discussions explored investment opportunities in global health and partnerships using innovative financing models to drive both business and social returns in emerging markets.
Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting | Meeting the Moment, Moving Forward Together
The Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s 2025 Annual Meeting on June 5 brought together a diverse community of leaders, innovators, funders, and implementers at a pivotal time for global health. Held under Chatham House Rules to encourage open, candid dialogue, the convening reflected the urgency and complexity of a sector facing major funding cuts. Despite the challenges, there was a strong call to action across the community — to do bold things and reimagine the future, acknowledging the millions of lives depending on it.
Report: Narrowing the Know-Do Gap, Exploring the Intersection of Implementation Science and Health Equity
Considerable advancements and significant investments in global health have marked recent years; yet numerous evidence-based interventions continue to fall short of their full potential. By leveraging the multidisciplinary and multi-sector strength of its members, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance explored these challenges through the lens of implementation science in our new insights report. The project engaged nearly 150 global health leaders across various disciplines and sectors to inform and enhance the design, implementation, and scalability of health solutions.
USG Policy Shifts and Impact on Global Health
Amid significant shifts in U.S. government policy affecting global health, the Alliance is working to meet this moment by curating timely policy updates and resources, advancing programming that supports innovation and sustainable financing, convening our cross-sector network through targeted roundtables to understand the implications, and fostering collaboration to help members navigate uncertainty and shape the future of global health.