Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government
This fact sheet identifies key U.S. government global health positions and officials.
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June 2, 2022 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet identifies key U.S. government global health positions and officials.
May 19, 2022 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
March 31, 2022 Fact Sheet
This tracker provides a listing of global health-related legislation introduced in the current Congress.
January 19, 2022 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet examines the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (also known as Gavi), an independent, public-private partnership and multilateral funding mechanism that aims to increase access to immunization in poor countries, and explores the role the U.S. government plays in supporting the partnership.
December 20, 2021 Fact Sheet
The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis (TB); malaria/the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; maternal & child health (MCH); nutrition; family planning & reproductive health (FP/RH); global health security; and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
November 11, 2021 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet examines the U.S. government’s role in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) worldwide.
October 5, 2021 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet looks at the history, funding, and future outlook of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. government’s major global initiative to combat HIV/AIDS.
July 28, 2021 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global maternal and child health (MCH) and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing MCH worldwide.
May 14, 2021 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides an overview of the history of the Kemp-Kasten amendment, which states that no U.S. funds may be made available to “any organization or program which, as determined by the president of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization,” and examines its current application. Since enacted in 1985, Kemp-Kasten has often been used to withhold funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
May 13, 2021 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet summarizes the major statutory requirements and policies pertaining to U.S. global family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) efforts over time and identifies those currently in effect, including the Mexico City Policy and the Kemp-Kasten Amendment.