Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

In an effort to improve services and decision-making, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ founder Mike Bloomberg focused on data, especially to make public health improvements during his 12 years as mayor of New York City.

At the foundation, we apply the same philosophy on data use to global public health.

The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, for example, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful...