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Building on a series of reports examining the current landscape of global health donors and recipient countries on HIV, TB, malaria, and family planning/reproductive health, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a panel of experts to discuss the issue of donor coordination, including the role of the U.S. government.
A Health Affairs blog post by Jen Kates examines the future of development assistance for global health.
Multiple donors currently provide aid to low- and middle-income countries on global health issues - in some cases, close to 20 donors are providing aid to address the same global health challenge in the same country. Are they coordinated, and how does coordination impact effectiveness of aid? Do recipient countries know which donors are working in their countries on which issues? Does civil society know? Are these resources being used in the best way possible?…
This budget analysis reviews U.S. funding for global health programs included in the fiscal year 2015 Budget Request released on March 4, 2014. It examines funding by program area as well as trends over time.
This issue brief provides an overview of Medicaid financing, Medicaid’s role in state budgets, the relationship between Medicaid and the economy and how the ACA and the Medicaid expansion could affect state budgets.
Medicaid is an Expenditure Item and a Revenue Item in State Budgets Download Source SOURCE: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the NASBO’s November 2013 State Expenditure Report (data for Actual FY 2012.)
Medicaid Costs are Shared by the States and the Federal Government Download Source SOURCE: Federal Register, January 21, 2014 (Vol. 79, No. 13), pp 3385-3388, at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-21/pdf/2014-00931.pdf.
This Kaiser Family Foundation webinar for journalists examined President Obama's fiscal year 2015 budget request, how it will impact existing U.S. global health programs and specific countries around the globe, and how it fits into the larger foreign policy efforts of the U.S. government.
This budget analysis reviews U.S. funding for global health programs included in the fiscal year 2014 omnibus appropriations bill signed into law on January 17, 2014. It examines funding by program area as well as trends over time.
This report maps the network of international assistance to support family planning and reproductive health in countries around the globe. The report is part of a series that examines the donor nations and multilateral organizations involved in addressing different global health challenges in recipient countries worldwide.
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