Our Mission

EcoHealth Alliance integrates innovative science-based solutions and partnerships that increase capacity to achieve to interrelated goals: protecting global health by preventing the outbreak of emerging diseases and safeguarding ecosystems by promoting conservation. Help Us Meet Our Goals.

Our Vision

To be the organization leading the change in perspectives, policy and practices that increase global capacity to respond to emerging threats at the intersection of health and the environment.

EcoHealth Alliance pioneered the field of conservation medicine, a discipline that addresses the link between ecological disruption of wildlife, livestock, and human health and survival. Our work includes research into the discovery and causes of disease emergence such as SARS, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Avian Influenza and the deadly Nipah virus.

EcoHealth Alliance is committed to unifying biodiversity conservation, ecology and health by its leadership and strategic role with its local conservation partners. These partnerships allow EcoHealth Alliance to gain insight into specific issues from disease outbreaks to the protection of wildlife sanctuaries.