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  • Kaiser/CSIS Forum with South African Minister of Health

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    This forum featuring the South African Minister of Health, The Hon. Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, examines the South African government's efforts to more effectively manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as other systems-wide management and financing reforms underway to achieve greater affordability, improved efficiency and better health outcomes. The forum was co-sponsored by the Henry J.

  • Funding for Key HIV Commodities in PEPFAR Countries

    Issue Brief

    In many low- and middle-income countries, PEPFAR and the Global Fund are significant funders of commodities to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV, along with country governments. But, information on their relative contributions, which is important for assessing the HIV response, is not readily available. We analyzed data from PEPFAR documents on funding for key HIV commodities in 34 PEPFAR countries to better understand the funding landscape.

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

    Issue Brief

    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.

  • The Helms Amendment and Abortion Laws in Countries Receiving U.S. Global Health Assistance

    Issue Brief

    This brief examines abortion laws in countries that received certain U.S. foreign assistance to better understand the implications of the Helms Amendment (which prohibits the use of foreign assistance to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortion) for abortion access globally.