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The 2026 CMB/EI Fellows gathered in Hong Kong from July 1–9, 2026 for the Asia Immersion learning event of the fellowship year. Set in one of the world’s densest urban environments, it...

The 2026 CMB/EI Fellows gathered in Nairobi, Kenya from May 1-8, 2026 for the second module of the Equity Initiative’s fellowship year: Global Exchange. It was a week designed to move learning...

By Friday evening, nobody wanted to leave. That might be the simplest measure of what the 2026 Opening Retreat (1-7 March, 2026) accomplished: twenty people who arrived in Hue as strangers sat...

The EI Community gathered in Bangkok, Thailand for its 10th Annual Forum from January 22-24, and the launch of EI’s 10 Year Anniversary. It was a milestone moment that brought together current...

  This film marks the 10th anniversary of the Equity Initiative (EI), a program of the CMB Foundation and one of seven global Atlantic Fellows programs, working to advance health equity across...

We are proud to introduce the 2026 Equity Initiative Fellows, the 10th cohort of the Equity Initiative. This cohort brings together 20 exceptional individuals from 11 countries across Southeast Asia and China,...

CMB Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Thaksaphon Thamarangsi as Chief Representative and Director of the Bangkok Office, effective January 1, 2026. Commonly known by his nickname ‘Mek’, Dr....

In September, a delegation of CMB trustees and senior staff traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong to hold the foundation’s biannual board meeting and to celebrate its 110th anniversary....

Through the Equity Initiative, our Fellows from Southeast Asia and China gain a deeper understanding of health equity concepts and practices, examine approaches to enhancing equity from other parts of Asia and...