The Vineeta Foundation was founded in 1995 by
Vineeta Rastogi. She and her husband, Brian Hennessey, learned that Ms. Rastogi had terminal
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
in the same year and decided to start a foundation to continue her public health and human rights work, with a particular focus on
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...
pandemic.
Part of the foundation's innovative work involves extensive overland travel to discover the health and human rights issues in a region, seeking formal and informal organizations that are successfully dealing with these problems and their cultural context. The foundation then implements a pilot program involving as many of these players as possible and then presents the findings at the
International AIDS Conference.
The foundation is chaired by Radia Daoussi, a
Fulbright Scholar and
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was ...
Scholar trained at
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
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External links
Official website
HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Medical and health foundations in the United States
International organizations based in the United States