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  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update

    Poll Finding

    This survey builds on the Foundation's previous survey work in measuring Americans' attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama's announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current Administration and Congress with regards to global…

  • Survey about U.S. Role in Global Health Reports That Americans Want Take Care of Problems at Home First in a Recession, But Say Don’t Cut Funding For Global Health and Development

    Poll Finding

    Two-thirds of the public supports maintaining (39%) or increasing (26%) U.S. government funding to improve health in developing countries, while fewer than a quarter (23%) say the government is spending too much on global health, according to this survey of the American people’s attitudes towards U.S. global health and development assistance. Levels of support are similar for spending to fight HIV/AIDS in developing countries, although the public’s sense of urgency about the HIV/AIDS epidemic around…

  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Chartpack

    Poll Finding

    This is a chartpack of a survey that builds on the Foundation's previous survey work in measuring Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama's announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current Administration…

  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Summary

    Poll Finding

    This is the summary of a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans' attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama's announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current Administration…

  • Views on the U.S. Role in Global Health Update: Toplines

    Poll Finding

    These are the complete toplines for a survey that builds on the Foundation’s previous survey work in measuring Americans’ attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities. The survey tracks some questions that were asked earlier in 2009, and delves into some new questions about specific areas of global health spending and how aid should be distributed. Following President Obama’s announcement of the Global Health Initiative, the survey also measures public perception of the current…

  • Senate Committee on Appropriations Approves FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bill & Accompanying Report

    Fact Sheet

    The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved its FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill, accompanying report, and amendments on August 1, 2024. The Labor HHS appropriations bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funding for global health research activities provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Total global health funding at CDC and NIH…

  • New Interactive Tool Tracks the U.S. Global Health Budget in Real Time

    News Release

    The Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a new interactive tool designed to provide the latest data on the U.S. government's global health budget in an easy-to-access form. The U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker lets users follow the budget from the President's budget request through the appropriations process in Congress, as well as see trends over time. Data are provided for global health program areas (e.g., HIV, TB, family planning/reproductive health) by Agency (e.g., USAID, CDC) and…

  • TB Silent Killer: FRONTLINE Documentary and Panel Discussion

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation convened a public forum to take stock of the global health challenge presented by TB, to examine the limitations and challenges of current treatment options, their limitations and challenges, and to discuss the search for new and better TB drugs and other tools. The event began with a screening of a short segment of a new FRONTLINE television documentary, TB Silent Killer, which focuses on the Southern African nation of Swaziland,…