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April 25, 2016 Issue Brief

U.S. Funding for International Maternal & Child Health

The U.S. government has a long history of supporting international maternal and child health (MCH) efforts, including global immunization activities, and is the largest donor government to MCH activities in the world. This brief provides an overview of U.S. funding for MCH, including trends in bilateral and multilateral funding and top country recipients of U.S. funding, and places the U.S. within the larger context of overall donor support for the sector.

January 20, 2016 Issue Brief

The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016

After Congress provided an unprecedented level of emergency funding for Ebola in FY15 in response to the West African outbreak, beyond regular appropriations for global health programs, FY16 returned to business as usual. There was no additional emergency funding and global health amounts remained essentially flat funding compared to prior years. The FY16 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which was signed into law by the President on December 18, 2015, included an estimated $10.2 billion in funding for global health programs continuing a trend of essentially flat funding since FY10.

November 25, 2015 Issue Brief

Women’s Health Issues Journal: Women, Private Health Insurance, and the Affordable Care Act

In this issue of the Women’s Health Issues journal, Alina Salganicoff and Laurie Sobel discuss how the private insurance reforms and expansions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have affected access to coverage for women and where gaps remain.

May 8, 2015 Perspective

Women’s Health Issues Journal: Medicaid at 50: Marking a Milestone for Women’s Health

In this May post for the journal Women’s Health Issues, Alina Salganicoff, Usha Ranji and Laurie Sobel explore Medicaid’s role in providing health coverage for women over the past 50 years and outline key issues going forward. The post is now available here.

March 11, 2015 Issue Brief

The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request

This budget analysis reviews U.S. funding for global health programs included in the fiscal year 2016 Budget Request released on February 2, 2015.

December 22, 2014 News Release

Analysis: Global Health Funding in the FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act

The FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act contains $5.4 billion in emergency funding to address the Ebola crisis – a significant increase in total U.S. support for global health. Aside from the additional funding for Ebola, global health funding remained essentially flat at $9.2 billion, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation…

December 22, 2014 Issue Brief

The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015

This budget analysis reviews U.S. funding for global health programs in the FY15 Omnibus Appropriations bill, signed into law by the President on December 16, 2014.

April 7, 2014 Issue Brief

The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request

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.

March 19, 2014 Event

Webinar for Media: The President’s FY 2015 Budget Request and Global Health Programs

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.

January 31, 2014 Issue Brief

The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014

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.

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