Reading List 1/20/2011
It’s a great day for a reading list! Today we’re reading about the new Congress and members who will affect funding levels for U.S. global health programs, former President Jimmy Carter’s recent visit...
View ArticleGlobal Network Ambassador Continues to Make the Case for Global Health
Tommy G. Thompson, former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and former Governor of Wisconsin (1987-2001) spoke out about global health as a key lever in foreign policy on...
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Under the lamp post: The push to cut foreign aid
Flickr, Gilderic Okay, so late one evening I see this drunk guy crawling on the ground around a lamp post. I ask him what he’s doing and he says he’s looking for his keys. I ask him where he thinks he...
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Op-ed: Don’t balance budget on back of the global poor
Interaction Sam Worthington You know that phrase about being penny-wise and pound-foolish. As the US and British governments look for places to make budget cuts, many are concerned that the small...
View ArticleCenter to host Congressional briefing on Military HIV program
The Center for Global Health Policy is joining with AVAC and the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) to host a congressional briefing to discuss the importance of protecting funding for the U.S....
View ArticleUS Congress urged not to cut global health funding
Go here to see the original: US Congress urged not to cut global health funding The post US Congress urged not to cut global health funding appeared first on Global Health Hub: news and blogosphere...
View ArticleOpen Congress, Just a Call Away (Brought to You by the Sunlight Foundation)
The Sunlight Foundation, always pushing the envelop on tech and open government in the United States and increasingly worldwide, launched a new service today: Call to Congress. The number...
View ArticleBreaking News: Appropriations bill maintains TB, Global AIDS funding
The 2013 health funding bill passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee brings good news for tuberculosis research advocates, keeping funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
View ArticleNew Congress, renewed administration
Heather Ignatius, a senior policy and advocacy officer with PATH’s Advocacy and Public Policy team in Washington, DC, recently wrote about her thoughts on global health and development priorities for...
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House and Senate Committees Approve Drastically Different Funding Bills for...
Last week, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees approved vastly different bills to fund U.S. foreign assistance programs, including global health programs for international family planning,...
View ArticleHelp Us Protect U.S. Funding for NTDs – a Cause Worth the Investment
; In January, we celebrated the largest increase in U.S. funding for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) since 2010. Yet the party was cut short by the disappointing news that President Obama’s FY15...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: Greater Integration between WASH and NTDs
; Over the past month, we’ve heard many times from the neglected tropical disease (NTD) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) communities about the importance of cross-sector collaboration (see...
View ArticleGlobal Network Co-hosts Staff Briefings on Capitol Hill
; The policy team at the Global Network was busy this week taking the issue of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) up to Capitol Hill. Together with members of the NTD Roundtable, a group of global...
View ArticleCongress Approves $100 Million for NTD Funding!
; This spring, the END7 campaign launched an advocacy action to help to fight cuts to the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Program....
View ArticlePowerful Testimonies Urge Action on Neglected Tropical Diseases
; Earlier this month, The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, chaired by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), conducted a hearing on Global Health Programs...
View ArticleAt least one Congressman is being reasonable about Syrian refugees
In response to an online petition, Dr. Amy Hagopian, our Section’s Nominations Committee Chair, received the below thoughtful reply from her Congressman, Adam Smith (D-WA). The petition asked that...
View ArticleReforming Global Food Systems Critical To Overcoming Hunger, Malnutrition;...
Inter Press Service: Opinion: Better Nutrition for Better Lives Jomo Kwame Sundaram, coordinator for economic and social development at the Food and Agriculture Organization “…Creating healthy,...
View ArticleCongress Must Take Action To Support Antibiotic R&D
The Hill: Discovery of new superbug gene underscores the need for Congress to act now Johan Bakken, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America “…[A]ntibiotic research and development...
View ArticleCongress Should Support President’s Proposed FY16 Global Health Funding,...
The Hill: To end preventable deaths worldwide, we must focus on nutrition Mark Shriver, president of Save the Children Action Network, and Ariel Pablos-Mendez, assistant administrator for global health...
View ArticleCongress Should Invest In Research To Discover New Diagnoses, Treatments For...
The Hill: Waking up to the realities of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children Sanjay Jain, associate professor of pediatrics and assistant professor of radiology and radiological science at Johns...
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