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On Tuesday, February 21, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a live webcast to assess President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget proposal and potential implications for global health.
This Kaiser Family Foundation and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services briefing explores the Department's role in global health and its Global Health Strategy. The event features opening remarks by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
This November 9, 2011 webcast features an expert panel discussing the outcomes of the Cannes G-20 Summit and implications for global health. It is part of the Foundation's "U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus" series.
When leaders from the world's 20 major economies gather for the upcoming G-20 Summit in France, one of their priorities will be finding new ways to maintain and expand the impact of global development programs in the wake of an international financial crisis and mounting efforts to control public spending and debt.
NEWS RELEASEMonday, August 15, 2011 GENEVA/MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Funding disbursements from donor governments for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries fell in 2010, dropping 10% from the previous year’s level, according to an annual funding analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
This report assesses how countries are responding to a U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) principle to address women, girls and gender equality. The report examines country strategies for seven of the eight "GHI Plus" nations: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, and Nepal. (The eighth, Rwanda, had not yet completed its strategy.
This report provides the first comprehensive look at the U.S. government agencies and programs involved in the nation’s global health response, including their funding and their approaches. The report also provides overviews of the large-scale global health initiatives of the U.S. government, information on which countries receive support from the U.S., and a review of the key laws governing U.S. global health policy and relevant Congressional committees.
The Kaiser Family Foundation held a May 25 briefing to explore the rollout of the U.S. government's Global Health Initiative (GHI) on the ground, with a particular focus on the recently released GHI country-level strategies. The briefing examined progress and challenges in translating the GHI in the field and next steps moving forward.
This April 21 In Focus webcast features an expert panel examining the new legislative landscape of the 112th Congress and what the current budget battles mean for U.S. global health programs.
This forum featuring the South African Minister of Health, The Hon. Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, examines the South African government's efforts to more effectively manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as other systems-wide management and financing reforms underway to achieve greater affordability, improved efficiency and better health outcomes. The forum was co-sponsored by the Henry J.
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