Kate Dodson
Director, Global Health, United Nations Foundation
Kate Dodson is the managing director of global health at the United Nations Foundation. In this role, Kate is responsible for ensuring that UN Foundation’s advocacy, partnership, campaign, and program work for global health is coordinated, effective, and efficient. She also oversees a major partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on global health advocacy. Previously, she was Director of Special Projects and Deputy Director of Global Health. Kate spent her first five years at UN Foundation in the biodiversity/sustainable development program in various positions, including Deputy Director of Sustainable Development.
Kate has many years of experience working on global development and has traveled, worked and studied in several countries in Latin America. She has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Blog Posts by Kate Dodson
One Disease. Two Solutions. Three Ways You Can Help.
Pneumonia. You probably know it as a spelling-bee challenge and respiratory illness that can make you very sick. Millions of people in the US are affected each year by pneumonia, but did you know that it is one of the leading killers of children under the age of 5 around the world?
November 8, 2012
Reaching 111 Million African Children, Door to Door, in Four Days
Just last month the world celebrated as India marked a major success in its battle against polio by being removed from the World Health Organization's list of countries plagued by the crippling disease.
March 26, 2012
