Health Advancement Institute
The first activation of IHA — founded with respected physician leadership to close the screen-to-treatment gap through trusted relationships, navigation, research, and scalable technology.
The gap this pillar closes.
Preventable disease still tracks zip code and circumstance more reliably than biology. The most stubborn failure is the screen-to-treatment gap — people learn they are at risk but never reach care. Trusted relationships, navigation, and clinical follow-through close that gap, and they are underfunded precisely where they would matter most.
Health that reaches people where trust already lives — and follows all the way through to care.
The outcome we're buildingWork where trust already lives — in trusted community institutions — and add what an institute uniquely provides: clinical leadership, research rigor, and scalable technology. IHA builds on, rather than competes with, established community and faith-based health initiatives. The model is designed to travel: proven locally, then adapted in other communities and internationally.
Clinical credibility is the anchor.
“We see her as a long-term resource to the HealthTech ecosystem — not just a visiting physician.”
Dr. Michele Y. Griffith, MD
Dr. Griffith leads IHA’s entire health operation. An All Ivy League-trained, board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine specializing in primary care, with 35 years of clinical experience and 18+ years deploying telemedicine in low- and middle-income countries — with recognized engagement at the World Health Organization level. She sets clinical strategy, builds the global specialist network, and oversees every health initiative IHA undertakes.
“We see Dr. Silber as the kind of long-term partner whose relationships and institutional weight help IHA build at the scale our work demands.”
Dr. Steve Silber
A senior New York City healthcare leader with 35+ years directing large hospital systems, Dr. Silber brings deep institutional relationships across academic medicine, hospital leadership, and impact-aligned capital. His work spans strategic partnerships, institutional relationships, and the pipeline of opportunities advancing IHA’s broader portfolio — from clinical training pathways and provider partnerships to the education, workforce, and venture work that scales our impact domestically and across the Global South.
Where the work concentrates.
Prevention
Catching disease before it starts — where the leverage is highest and the system invests least.
Health equity
Closing the gap between who learns they are at risk and who actually reaches care.
Clinical partnership
Physician-led credibility added to the community institutions people already trust.
Community health
Care delivered where life happens — through churches, community organizations, and trusted navigators.
Not a someday plan — already in the field.
The full picture of our health work.
Beyond the institute, the Health division runs across four integrated pillars — telehealth infrastructure, workforce pipelines, health entrepreneurship, and community medicine — converging in the Kenya 2026 flagship deployment.
Explore the Health DivisionAligned to the global goals.
This pillar maps directly to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — the shared framework the world measures progress against — so the work is legible to the partners, funders, and governments who use it.
Prevention, equity, and clinical partnership where trust already lives.
Anchor the first activation.
Founders shape institutions. Supporters maintain them. This is the founding window — when a partner's support helps decide an institute's leadership, its first programs, and the places it reaches.
