The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Issues and Perspectives April 14, 2010 Event 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.
Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Building Capacity for Women’s and Maternal/Child Health April 10, 2010 Event Track D: Education and Human Resources Development Title: Building Capacity for Women’s and Maternal/Child Health Moderator: Sandra Garcia, Country Director, Population Council, Mexico Abstract Presenters: S340 Medical Education in Guyana: Lessons learned using a public health collaborative model in obstetrics and gynecology Deborah Landis Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Medical College…
Why Global Health Matters to California November 9, 2009 Event This public forum held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Global Health Sciences, showcased and celebrated California and the Bay Area as a center of excellence in global health.
Interview with Former Sen. Bill Frist October 1, 2009 Event Senator Frist, currently a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, has published a memoir, A Heart to Serve in which he describes how “medicine can truly be a currency for peace in our world.”
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Views on the U.S. Role In Global COVID-19 Response March 25, 2022 Poll Finding This Vaccine Monitor survey shows the public is largely supportive of the U.S. role in distributing COVID-19 vaccines globally, as well as other response efforts including the distribution of masks and COVID-19 rapid tests.
U.S. Global Funding for COVID-19 by Country and Region: An Analysis of USAID Data June 29, 2022 Issue Brief As Congress again considers increased assistance for the global response to COVID-19, we look at how current U.S. global COVID-19 emergency funding is being channeled, particularly to countries and regions.
The Helms Amendment and Abortion Laws in Countries Receiving U.S. Global Health Assistance January 18, 2022 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.
U.S. Global Funding for COVID-19 by Country and Region October 23, 2020 Issue Brief This data note examines the status of U.S. global COVID-19 country, regional, and worldwide funding to assess how much has been committed to date and where it has been directed.
COVID-19 & PEPFAR: Implications for the Future May 20, 2020 Issue Brief The potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to significantly affect the health and development of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, has serious implications for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This issue brief examines the steps PEPFAR has taken to respond to the outbreak and the issues at stake.
The Current Ebola Outbreak and the U.S. Role: An Explainer December 19, 2019 Issue Brief An outbreak of Ebola is currently ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), now the second largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded. This Issue Brief gives an overview of the current situation, explains the U.S. role in responding to the outbreak, and answers key questions about the broader global response.
