Founded by Senator-Doctor Bill Frist, MD, Hope Through Healing Hands is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 whose mission is to promote improved quality of life for citizens and communities around the world using health as a currency for peace
Through the prism of health diplomacy, we envision a world where all individuals and families can obtain access to health care information, services, and support for the opportunity at a fuller life. Specifically, we seek sustainability through health care service and training.
This includes efforts for maternal, newborn & child health; healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies; clean water; extreme poverty; emergency relief; and global disease such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Strategically, we encourage global health partnerships by working hand-in-hand with leading organizations that best address these issues in developing nations.
We sponsor young health professionals, including students, residents, and fellows, to participate in our Frist Global Health Leaders program to travel to underserved areas around the world to provide health care to communities and clinical settings. The students spend up to a semester focusing on service to those in need and training community health workers.
In 2013, Hope Through Healing Hands partnered launched The Faith-Based Coalition for Health Mothers and Children Worldwide to galvanize faith-based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP). Our work includes promoting awareness, education, and advocacy for these critical issues. We've chosen to focus on healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies as an axis of global health. If we can keep mothers and children healthy, we can aid in combating extreme poverty, keeping girls and children in schools, promoting gender equality, and improving maternal and child health. Our goal is educate and activate thought-leaders to discuss, debate, and advocate on these issues, saving the lives of millions of mothers and children.
