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The focuses on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all.
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The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed operating foundation that aims to improve population health and health equity by collaborating with leaders and decision makers and connecting them with experience and sound evidence. The Fund supports health policy leaders through small convenings, cross-state networks, and two annual state leadership programs, as well as evidence-based publications. Our programs focus on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all. The Fund is the publisher of The Milbank Quarterly, an editorially independent, peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy.
Sofia Espinosa,
Today, Milbank announces the members of the 2026-27 Emerging Leaders and Milbank Fellows cohorts. The current cohorts include state senators and representatives, agency commissioners and secretaries, division directors, chief medical officers, and state epidemiologists. More
Join the Common Health Coalition and Milbank Memorial Fund next Thursday, July 9, at 2 pm ET, for a webinar about the health and economic impacts of extreme heat — and how to improve preparedness for heat emergencies. More
Morgan McDonald,
In this interview about managing executive branch transitions in state government, Debra Farrington, Deputy Secretary for Health in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, emphasized identifying priorities, engaging with legislators, and documenting relationships with community partners, so that important initiatives are understood as shared commitments. More
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