[9] In their new model, the Global Health Council works in three main areas: policy and advocacy, member engagement, and connections and coordination.

[10] Reflecting this focus, GHC offers an online platform that includes guest blogs, member spotlights, policy briefs, advocacy updates, and global health job postings.

[16][citation needed] In 1998, the Council began organizing the Global Health Action Network in pursuit of its advocacy building goals.

[17] The network was designed to establish groups of motivated citizens across the U.S. to educate local communities and their elected officials about the need for a more proactive approach to global health.

With this network in place, the Council was able to implement nationwide advocacy campaigns dealing with vital global health issues.

[32] In 2001, the recipient was Gao Yaojie, a retired Chinese gynecologist and one of China's foremost AIDS fighters who helped poor farmers in Henan Province that were infected with H.I.V.

[31] Yaojie was denied permission to attend an awards ceremony in Washington with Secretary General Kofi Annan of the United Nations as her host.

[34] Past winners include the Rotary Foundation, which has raised millions for an ongoing global campaign to stamp out polio.

[35] From its inception through the 1990s, the Council was principally funded by grants (primarily from the U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] and the Centers for Disease Control [CDC]).

"[36] The Council has received grants of varying sizes from a variety of foundations, including the Gates, Packard, Hewlett MacArthur, and Rockefeller.

[37] The Council preferred to remain neutral so as not to alienate sex workers from their anti-HIV efforts so they sued in federal court with other non-profits.