BOARDS FOR ALL?

A REVIEW OF POWER, POLICY AND PEOPLE ON THE BOARDS OF ORGANISATIONS ACTIVE IN GLOBAL HEALTH

The fifth annual Global Health 50/50 report, Boards for all?, presents our first-ever analysis of the gender and geography of who governs global health. Through an examination of the demographics of over 2,000 board members of the most influential organisations active in global health, the report warns that global health is not living up to its name.

The report further presents its annual review of the equality- and gender-related policies and practices of 200 global organisations. Building on five years of evidence, it finds signs of rapid progress in building more equitable and gender-responsive global health organisations, while also revealing stagnating progress among a large subset of global health organisations. For the first time, the Index categorises all organisations by performance and presents dedicated pages for each organisation to explore and compare findings.

Boards for all? is a call to realise a globally representative and equitable global health governance that can deliver health for all.

"Ensuring the leadership and influence of people from low- and middle-income countries, and especially women, is not only a question of equity - however essential - but of the very relevance, effectiveness and impact of the global health enterprise." Elhadj As Sy, Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation

An organisation's performance is calculated based on a point system across nine variables, with each green (and purple for gender balance of management / boards) counting for one point, an amber as 0 points and a red as -1 point. An organisation can score a maximum of nine points. The overview of organisational scores can be found via the Gender and Health Index and further details on an individual organisation's performance can be found via the organisational profile pages.
Very High Performers (19)
Organisations scoring 8 or 9
  • CARE International
  • EngenderHealth
  • GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
  • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
  • Medicines for Malaria Venture
  • Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)
  • PATH
  • Pathfinder International
  • Population Services International (PSI)
  • Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
  • Save the Children
  • Scaling Up Nutrition
  • Sonke Gender Justice
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
  • UN Women
  • Unitaid
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
High Performers (37)
Organisations scoring 6 or 7
  • Africa Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC)
  • African Union Commission (AUC)
  • BRAC
  • Cordaid
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  • European Commission
  • FHI 360
  • Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Ford Foundation
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
  • GBC Health
  • Global Affairs Canada
  • Global Financing Facility (GFF)
  • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
  • Health Action International
  • Health Systems Global
  • International AIDS Society (IAS)
  • International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)
  • Jhpiego
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS)
  • Mercy Corps
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (The Partnership, PMNCH)
  • Plan International
  • Population Council
  • RBM Partnership to End Malaria
  • Sanofi Espoir Foundation
  • Stop TB Partnership
  • UNHCR
  • UNICEF
  • Unilever
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • World Bank Group
  • World Food Programme
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
Good Performers (34)
Organisations scoring between 3 and 5
  • AbbVie
  • Abt Associates
  • Accenture
  • Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
  • Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR)
  • Amref Health Africa
  • AVERT
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Clean Cooking Alliance
  • Dalberg
  • Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
  • DSM
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • Global Health Council
  • International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • International Rescue Committee (IRC)
  • International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
  • Islamic Relief Worldwide
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • John Snow, Inc
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
  • Memisa
  • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
  • Nutrition International
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Oxfam International
  • Palladium Group
  • Partners In Health
  • SRHR Africa Trust
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Moderate Performers (60)
Organisations scoring between 0 and 2
  • AB InBev
  • ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership
  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
  • Advocates for Youth
  • Africa CDC
  • Africa Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST)
  • American Jewish World Service (AJWS)
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • BP
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
  • Caritas Internationalis
  • Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
  • Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
  • Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
  • Coca-Cola
  • Deloitte
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
  • Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)
  • Gilead
  • GSMA
  • Heineken
  • icddr,b
  • Institut Pasteur
  • Intel
  • International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
  • Ipas
  • McCann Health
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Medico International
  • Medtronic
  • Merck
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • Mott MacDonald
  • MSI Reproductive Choices
  • Nestle
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Pacific Community
  • Pfizer
  • Philips
  • Population Action International
  • Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
  • Promundo
  • PwC
  • Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB)
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Safaricom
  • Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
  • Sumitomo Chemical
  • Teck Resources
  • Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
  • US Council for International Business (USCIB)
  • Viatris
  • Vital Strategies
  • Wellcome Trust
  • World Economic Forum
Low Performers (49)
Organisations scoring between -8 and -1
  • Africa Christian Health Association Platform (ACHAP)
  • Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)
  • Alight
  • Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF)
  • amfAR, Foundation for AIDS Research
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Caterpillar Foundation
  • China CDC
  • China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA)
  • Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
  • Consumer Brands Association
  • ExxonMobil
  • General Electric
  • Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)
  • Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)
  • Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
  • Health Poverty Action
  • i+solutions
  • Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation
  • International Council of Beverages Associations (ICBA)
  • International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
  • International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)
  • International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Foundation (IFPW)
  • International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA)
  • Islamic Development Bank
  • KPMG
  • Kuehne + Nagel
  • Laerdal
  • Magna
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
  • Medela
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
  • Movendi International
  • Muslim Aid
  • NCD Alliance
  • Novartis
  • Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
  • Qatar Foundation (QF)
  • Rabin Martin
  • Salvation Army International
  • TB Alliance
  • TOMS
  • Vestergaard Frandsen
  • West African Health Organization (WAHO)
  • World Council of Churches (WCC)
  • World Heart Federation
  • World Obesity Federation
  • World Vision

The resulting list below categorises a total of 127 organisations of the total sample of 200 organisations. The 73 organisations not named are those that do not fulfill the categories listed above - i.e. they are not performing at a high level, not rising fast, nor are they stagnating at low levels. Full performance data across multiple years is available in the Gender and Health Index and via individual organisational profiles.

CONSISTENTLY HIGH PERFORMERS
39 organisations have scored at least 5 out of 9 total points each year for the past three years.
  • Africa Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC)
  • CARE International*
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) EngenderHealth*
  • Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
  • GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
  • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
  • Health Action International
  • International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
  • Jhpiego
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS)
  • Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
  • Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)
  • Mercy Corps
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Palladium Group
  • Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (The Partnership, PMNCH)
  • PATH*
  • Plan International
  • Population Services International (PSI)
  • Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition*
  • Scaling Up Nutrition
  • SRHR Africa Trust
  • Stop TB Partnership
  • Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
  • UN Women
  • UNHCR
  • UNICEF
  • Unilever
  • Unitaid
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • World Bank Group
  • World Food Programme
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

An * indicates organisations who are consistently high performers and are also fast risers

FAST RISERS
55 organisations that have increased by at least 3 points since 2020, regardless of their score.

Scoring 5+ in 2022

  • ​​African Union Commission (AUC)
  • Cordaid
  • European Commission
  • FHI 360
  • Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Ford Foundation
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • GBC Health
  • Global Financing Facility (GFF)
  • International AIDS Society (IAS)
  • International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
  • Medicines for Malaria Venture
  • Oxfam International
  • Partners In Health
  • Pathfinder International
  • Population Council
  • RBM Partnership to End Malaria
  • Sanofi Espoir Foundation
  • Save the Children
  • Sonke Gender Justice
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Scoring between 1-4 points in 2022

  • Accenture
  • Africa CDC
  • Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
  • Amref Health Africa
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Clean Cooking Alliance
  • DSM
  • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
  • Gilead
  • Heineken
  • International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
  • Islamic Relief Worldwide
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • McCann Health
  • Memisa
  • MSI Reproductive Choices
  • Viatris

Scoring 0 points or fewer in 2022

  • Africa Christian Health Association Platform (ACHAP)
  • Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF)
  • Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
  • Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
  • Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP)
  • International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
  • NCD Alliance
  • Rabin Martin
  • Sumitomo Chemical
  • TB Alliance
  • US Council for International Business (USCIB)
  • Vital Strategies
  • World Heart Federation
  • World Vision