The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Key Issues
This policy brief analyzes several key issues and questions on the Obama administration’s new
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Town Hall With Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Event Date:EventThe Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a town hall-style discussion with Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, about the latest developments in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Overview & Budget Analysis
Issue BriefIn April 2010, the Foundation issued a policy brief examining key issues affecting the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI). This policy brief and chartpack provide a detailed breakdown of the U.S. budget for the global health programs in President Obama’s GHI, announced in May 2009.
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Interview with Former Sen. Bill Frist
Event Date:EventSenator Frist, currently a member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, has published a memoir, A Heart to Serve in
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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus “U.S. Strategy for Combating the Global TB Epidemic”
Event Date:EventThis webcast features an expert panel discussing the U.S. government's global response to TB and key challenges in combating the disease around the world.
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Mapping the United States Government Engagement in Global Public Health
ReportThis background report lays out the United States government’s engagement in global health activities in order to provide a basis for analysis and to help decision makers understand the scope and organization of programs, policies, authorities, funding and coordinating mechanisms that comprise U.S. support for public health abroad.
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The U.S. Strategy For Combating Malaria Around the World: Looking Forward
Event Date:EventThe Kaiser Family Foundation held a briefing on June 17, 2009, to examine the U.S. government's role in addressing malaria moving forward, including its strategic options for reducing the impact of the disease, and the current status of the development of the comprehensive malaria strategy.
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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus “IOM Final Report on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health”
Event Date:EventDuring this webcast, members of the Institute of Medicine's committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health discussed the committee's final report that concluded that the U.S. government and U.S.-based foundations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, and commercial entities have an opportunity to improve global health and provided specific recommendations for how these groups should proceed.
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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus: The President’s Budget for Global Health
Event Date:EventThis webcast features an expert panel examining the global health aspects of the President’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal.
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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus: “The Global Fund and the U.S. in Their Next Phase”
Event Date:EventDuring this webcast from Kaiser's Washington, D.C., studio, Michel Kazatchkine, M.D., executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, discusses the next phase of the U.S. government's role and involvement in the Global Fund.