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  • Data Note: Predictors of support for increased U.S. spending on global health

    Poll Finding

    One of the key questions explored in the Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health is the public’s level of support for U.S. government spending to improve health for people in developing countries. The survey found that about two thirds of Americans say current levels of U.S. spending in this area are too low (26 percent) or about right (39 percent). In this Data Note, we take a deeper…

  • Analysis: Global Health Funding in the FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act 

    News Release

    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 funding analysis. Of the total emergency funding to respond to Ebola, which is outside the budget caps for discretionary spending, $3.7 billion is specifically for…

  • The U.S. Government’s Global Health Policy Architecture: Structure, Programs and Funding

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    This report provides the first comprehensive look at the U.S. government agencies and programs involved in the nation’s global health response, including their funding and their approaches. The report also provides overviews of the large-scale global health initiatives of the U.S. government, information on which countries receive support from the U.S., and a review of the key laws governing U.S. global health policy and relevant Congressional committees.

  • The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Issues and Perspectives

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    This April 2010 webcast features a discussion of issues and challenges for the Obama Administration's Global Health Initiative and features three senior-level officials involved in the initiative, as well as outside perspectives of the challenges it faces.

  • U.S. Participation in International Health Treaties, Commitments, Partnerships, and Other Agreements

    Report

    This report provides a comprehensive look at U.S. participation in 50 significant international treaties and agreements that directly or indirectly touch on health issues. The U.S. role in such agreements has attracted renewed policy attention as a result of the Obama Administration’s Global Health Initiative, which includes a focus on stronger multilateral engagement on global health and development issues. Such international agreements help to establish political and legal commitments, formalize international relationships, and coordinate roles…