Margarito J. Garcia, III, Ph.D.

Aicragjm1205@aol.com

July 15, 2015

This issue of Health Funding Watch, Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to
health-related topics, includes news about a report which notes that the
benefits from expanding access to clean water could be undermined by lack of
progress in improving sanitation. You'll also find links to other health-related
news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and
job listings.

WHO, UNICEF Warn of Lack of Progress on Improving Sanitation

The lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child health benefits
from gains in providing access to safe drinking water, a report from UNICEF and the
World Health Organization warns. The report, Progress on Sanitation and Drinking
Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment, found that 2.4 billion people, or one in
three on the planet, still lack access to sanitation facilities. While some 2.1 billion
people have gained access to improved sanitation since 1990, and 68 percent of the
world's population use an improved sanitation facility today, those numbers fall short of Millennium
Development Goal targets by nearly 700 million people and 9 percentage
points.... Read the article

Recent Health News from Philanthropy News Digest

Potomac Health Foundation Awards $4 Million in Community Health Grants
The grants will support community health programs serving residents of eastern Prince William
County, Lorton, and North Stafford....
Posted: 7/11/2015

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Awards $10.7 Million in Grants

Grants were awarded to fourteen nonprofits working to improve access to health care for
economically disadvantaged residents in the state....
Posted: 7/8/2015

Case Western Reserve University Receives $2.3 Million for Scholarships

The gift from the Warburton Foundation will create interprofessional scholarships in dental
medicine and nursing....
Posted: 7/3/2015

Glenn Foundation Awards $2 Million to MIT for Aging Research

Building on research conducted by the Glenn Laboratory for Science of Aging Research, the center
will incorporate initiatives from three labs....

Posted: 7/3/2015

Gates Foundation Awards $5 Million to Lower Costs of AIDS Drugs

The funds will support the Medicine for All Initiative, a collaborative effort to develop a cheaper,
more efficient way to manufacture HIV/AIDS medications....
Posted: 7/3/2015

University of Illinois' New College of Medicine Receives $10 Million

The gift from Jump Trading will be used to launch a simulation center where medical and
engineering students are immersed in technology-driven clinical environments....
Posted: 7/1/2015

New Jersey Nonprofit Hospitals' Property Tax Exemptions Questioned

A judge ruled that Morristown Medical Center so intermingled its nonprofit and for-profit finances
that it no longer qualifies for an exemption....
Posted: 6/30/2015

More health news...

Funding Opportunities
Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation Invites Applications for Community Oral Health
Programs
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to projects in the areas of increased access to preventive
dental health services and to community-based groups, coalitions, and partnerships working to
address oral health at the local level....
Deadline: 9/3/2015

AMA Foundation Accepting Applications for Prescription Drug Safety Projects

Grants will be awarded in support of health education programs designed to educate young people
about prescription medication safety....
Deadline: 9/11/2015

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Invites Applications for Program Enhancement

Award
Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to family medicine organizations in support of program
enhancement projects that include leadership development opportunities for a faculty member....
Deadline: 9/18/2015

Massage Therapy Foundation Invites Submissions for Practitioner Case Report Contest
Cash prizes of up to $2,500 will be awarded to the best reports on independent clinical
interventions for a single client....
Deadline: 10/1/2015

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Seeks Proposals for Therapeutics
Development
Through the foundation's Therapeutic Pipeline program, grants will be awarded to support PD
therapeutic development along the entire preclinical and clinical path....
Deadline: 10/28/2015 (Pre-proposals)

Medical Library Association Accepting Applications for Donald A. B. Lindberg Research

Fellowship
A grant of $10,000 will be awarded to support research aimed at expanding the knowledge base
linking the information services provided by librarians to improved health care and advances in
biomedical research....
Deadline: 11/15/2015

More requests for proposals...

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