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  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — The Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances

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    * The first 5:30 minutes of the video are in Spanish. Track A: Public Policy and Global Health Title: The Role of International Agencies in Promoting Global Health Alliances Moderator: Francisco Becerra, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) Speakers: Peter Long, Kaiser Family Foundation Pablo Kuri, Mexican Society of Public Health Rocio Saenz, Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, Costa Rica Event Materials Podcast Download

  • Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Building Capacity for Women’s and Maternal/Child Health

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    Track D: Education and Human Resources Development Title: Building Capacity for Women's and Maternal/Child Health Moderator: Sandra Garcia, Country Director, Population Council, Mexico Abstract Presenters: S340 Medical Education in Guyana: Lessons learned using a public health collaborative model in obstetrics and gynecology Deborah Landis Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Medical College Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, University of Pittsburgh Medical College S391 Supporting Early Childhood Development in the Urban Slums of Africa (John) Jack Bryant, Johns Hopkins University School…

  • The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Key Issues

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    This policy brief analyzes several key issues and questions on the Obama administration’s new U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI), a proposed six-year effort building on existing disease-specific initiatives to combat HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, while increasing attention to other areas, including maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, nutrition, neglected tropical diseases, and the strengthening of underlying health systems. The brief was released at an April 14, 2010 Kaiser forum on issues surrounding…

  • The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Overview & Budget Analysis

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    In 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. In addition, the regularly updated Budget Tracker provides the current status of key global health accounts throughout the budget and appropriations process. The GHI, proposed as a six-year effort, would for…

  • Interview with Former Sen. Bill Frist

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    Senator Frist, currently a member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, has published a memoir, A Heart to Serve in which he describes how "medicine can truly be a currency for peace in our world."

  • Mapping the United States Government Engagement in Global Public Health

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    This 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. It provides a more detailed look at some of the research conducted for the Foundation's earlier report, The U.S. Government’s Global Health Policy Architecture: Structure, Programs and Funding.…

  • Financing the response to AIDS in low- and middle-income countries: International assistance from the G8, European Commission and other donor Governments in 2008

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    This report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in 2008, the latest year available, as well as trends over time. It includes both bilateral funding from donors and their multilateral contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), UNITAID, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

  • The U.S. Strategy For Combating Malaria Around the World: Looking Forward

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    The 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.