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  • One Year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Recovery Has Progressed Slowly in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Health Care Challenges Remain, Particularly in Mental Health

    News Release

    One year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall, recovery has progressed slowly and unevenly in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The territories’ health care systems continue to face capacity, infrastructure and financial challenges even as health needs have increased, especially in mental health, according to two new reports from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The reports, drawing upon interviews with government and health officials from both territories, public documents and data, and an…

  • One Year after the Storms: Recovery and Health Care in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

    Issue Brief

    One year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) are still feeling the storms’ effects. Drawing on key stakeholder interviews and public reports, this brief provides an overview of recovery status and preparation efforts for the current hurricane season one year after the storms, with a focus on the territories’ health care systems.

  • August 10 Event – AIDS 2018: What Happened and What’s Next?

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    On Friday, August 10, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a briefing to assess the major outcomes of the 2018 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), held from July 23-27 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The discussion touched on the latest scientific developments; the current funding climate for the AIDS response; and other major developments to the field emerging from the conference. In…

  • Donor Government Funding for HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2017

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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 2017, 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).

  • Kaiser/UNAIDS Study Finds Donor Government Funding for HIV Rose to US$8.1 Billion in 2017 due to Shift in Timing of U.S. Support

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    Donor government disbursements to combat HIV in low- and middle-income countries increased 16 percent from US$7 billion in 2016 to US$8.1 billion in 2017 – though the higher total stems largely from the timing of U.S. funding and is not expected to last, a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) finds. The increase follows two years of declines in donor support for HIV and results largely…

  • Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY19 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the FY19 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bill (and accompanying report) on June 21, 2018. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).Key highlights are as follows (see table for additional detail): Funding provided to the State Department and USAID through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health…

  • House Appropriations Committee approves FY19 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY19 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bill (and accompanying report) on June 20, 2018. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Key highlights are as follows (see table for additional detail): Funding provided to the State Department and USAID through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health…

  • The Latest Ebola Outbreak: What’s Different about the U.S. and International Response?

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    The United States played a leading role in the international response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, providing the most financial support, mobilizing U.S. staff across the federal government, and jumpstarting international efforts to strengthen global health security. As this month’s new outbreak unfolds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the U.S. so far is playing a more limited role. A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief examines key differences and changes since…