Natasha F. Bilimoria is the Executive Director of Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where she leads the organization's efforts to educate, engage and mobilize American decision-makers on the important work of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to end the worldwide burden of these three diseases. Friends seeks to build a sustained commitment to supporting the Global Fund and the fight against the three diseases by focusing these efforts on decision-makers in Washington. Ms. Bilimoria joined Friends in April 2005 after serving as Senior Public Policy Officer at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and has an extensive background working on global health issues, including international HIV/AIDS.

At the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Bilimoria led efforts to ensure maximum funding for global programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as well as programs to provide care and treatment for entire families. In addition, she was instrumental in expanding the Foundation's focus from programs preventing mother-to-child transmission to comprehensive programs that bring care and treatment to HIV-positive children and adults worldwide.

Prior to that, Ms. Bilimoria spent four years in the Clinton Administration, serving from 2000-2001 as a senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Treasury advising senior Administration officials on domestic economic development issues. From 1999-2000, as policy advisor for the National Economic Council, she formulated and analyzed economic development policies for the Administration's FY2001 federal budget; from 1997-1999 she served as a social science research analyst for the Social Security Administration, where she was a recipient of the Associate Commissioner Awards (1999) for exceptional performance. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Blog Entries by Natasha F. Bilimoria

Finding the Best Value for Dollar in Global Health

Posted April 23, 2009 | 07:06 PM (EST)


In these tough economic times, funding discussions tend to focus on cost efficiency: what's the best value? Global health spending isn't usually front-and-center during these discussions, but I'd like to make the case that it should be.

From my experience working in global health for almost a decade, numerous...

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Ending Malaria is Possible

Posted October 13, 2008 | 01:44 PM (EST)


Last week in New York, heads of state, leaders in global health, and philanthropists came together for a purpose many thought would be virtually impossible -- to ensure full global coverage of malaria interventions by 2010 and achieve a near-zero mortality rate from malaria by 2015.

The 2008 Millennium...

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Saving Lives Costs Money

Posted June 10, 2008 | 12:10 PM (EST)


Today, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced that 1.75 million people with HIV/AIDS around the world are receiving lifesaving anti-retroviral (ARV) drug treatment for free through Global Fund-financed programs. This number highlights the significant progress that has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the...

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