Intern, Global Health Strategy

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PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges. 

Under the direction of the CEO & President, the Office of the President works to guide PATH’s strategic approach internally and at global and country levels. PATH has set out to expand the scope of our respectful partnerships with national and local governments, with a view to enabling broader and deeper impact across the health sector. Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, are collectively the most important funding partner enabling progress in the health sector at the national and local levels. In this context, PATH prioritized the strengthening of its work with MDBs, with a view to (1) identify and structure specific areas of alignment and complementarity, (2) define PATH’s value proposition, and (3) expand the specific country-based engagements.  This intern will work with the Associate Project Manager to support PATH’s MDB strategy. 

Description of the Project the Intern will complete:​​

The intern will support the MDB strategy in collecting data from MDB health projects in selected countries. These insights will contribute to a comprehensive library of health opportunities in priority regions. Additionally, the intern will collaborate with the Associate Project Manager to review and identify potential funding opportunities for PATH. The final deliverable will be a detailed library that includes the health priorities, activities, and funding opportunities.​ 

Learning Objectives and Goals of the Internship:

• ​​Learn about nonprofit organizational development

• ​Learn how to identify and analyze potential opportunities, contributing to strategic decision-making ​

• Strengthen skills in research, synthesizing information, and identifying priorities

Proposed Activities:

• Gather Intelligence: Collect data from multilateral development bank health projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Gambia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Haiti, Honduras, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, and Vietnam

• Contribute Findings to a Library: Add research findings to a centralized library of health activities and priorities for the World Bank

• Summarize trends: From the desk research summarize trends for health funding in the multilateral development bank space

• Identify Funding Opportunities: Collaborate with the Associate Project Manager to review funding portals and analyze potential funding opportunities with multilateral development banks

Benefit to Intern:

The intern will gain practical experience to strengthen their analytical and research skills and learn more about nonprofit organizational development.  

Skills and Experience:

• Students in public health, economics, political science, international relations, business, or related field preferred

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• Desk research experience

• Calm, professional, proactive demeanor and excellent problem solver

This internship will need 20 hours weekly dedicated to it and is based in Washington DC. All interns must be based in the US and currently enrolled at a university to be eligible.

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