

Health Equity
We explore the root causes of health disparities that drive poorer health outcomes, and health policy to advance health equity for all.
Building thriving communities and advancing health equity require improving the interrelated social and economic conditions at the root causes of health outcomes. This includes ensuring that health communication, access, and delivery reflect the needs, experiences, and unique characteristics of historically excluded people.
Health Equity
Highlights
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Draft Guidance
The FasterCures team at the Milken Institute is honored to provide its expert response to the Request for Comments on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Draft Guidance, Implementation of Sections 1191–1198 of the Social Security...Read LetterImageEsther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute HealthEsther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.Milken Institute Launches New Women’s Health Network, Former First Lady Jill Biden Joins as its Chair
Today, the Milken Institute announced the launch of the Women’s Health Network to serve as a global collaborative to collate, elevate, and advance existing and new efforts across the women’s health ecosystem. The Milken Institute has also...Read ArticleInvesting in the World’s Health Is Good for Business
The collapse of US foreign assistance is an opportunity to build a more prosperous world. Once the world’s largest donor, the United States has slashed funding for the US Agency for International Development, President’s Emergency Plan for...Read EssayTransforming Health Outcomes Through Strategic Collaboration
Solving the complex challenges within our health-care system requires more than policy changes or technological advancements—it demands a deeper understanding of the social barriers individuals face. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.Read EssayThe Wealth-Health Connection: How Economic Status Shapes Well-Being
The relationship between health and wealth is complex and multifaceted, deeply rooted in social, economic, and environmental factors. Understanding this connection is crucial for addressing health disparities and developing effective...Read ArticleImageDawn M. Carpenter
Director, Financial LongevityDawn M. Carpenter, DLS, is the director of financial longevity at MI Health.How Philanthropy Can Support a Community-Centered Biomedical Research Ecosystem to Achieve Health Equity
Health equity is the state in which every person has a fair and just opportunity to achieve the best possible health. However, numerous health-influencing factors—such as income, education, geography, discrimination, language barriers...Read ArticleImageIshita Das, PhD
Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team, Milken Institute Strategic PhilanthropyIshita Das, PhD, is a director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, where she leads cross-disciplinary projects. Her expertise lies in biomedical research, science policy, stakeholder engagement, workforce diversity, strategic planning, and project management.Mapping the Journey: Building a Mutual Understanding for Health Equity in Clinical Research
If the objective of biomedical research is to spur innovation to create healthier communities, extend life, and more effectively treat or cure disease, then persistent inequities run counter to that goal and create unnecessary barriers to...Read ReportKO
A Call to Action for Health Equity: Solutions from the Front Lines for Local and National Efforts
FasterCures is advancing system change within biomedical research to focus on and value diversity and representation within clinical trials and the workforce. In addition to our “ Achieving Health Equity” report, we released a Policy Issue...Read ReportA Call to Action for Diversity in Clinical Trials
FasterCures has initiated a body of work to advance system change within biomedical research to focus on and value diversity and representation within clinical trials. Following our report, ' Achieving Health Equity: A Multi-Stakeholder...Read BriefJM
Thought Leadership
There is a critical need for systemic and structural change to achieve health equity—an outcome that is ethical, humane, and responsible. The time to act is now.
It is time to collaborate with those denied their fundamental right to good health outcomes and elevate their stories into data driven evidence-based interventions. It is time to turn their pain into unwavering action.
Sexual and Gender Diverse (SGD or LGBTQIA+) individuals face unique challenges, both globally and domestically, which sometimes necessitate migration as a survival strategy. In this article, we examine common themes in international and domestic SGD survival migration, define SGD survival migration, and highlight the socioecological factors—structural, interpersonal, and individual—that exacerbate the physical, socioeconomic, and mental health vulnerabilities of SGD individuals.
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