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Global Health Council Policy Series |
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 The Global Health Council Policy Series provides a platform for global health practitioners to inform and engage in global health policy through congressional briefings, educational forums, and policy dinner dialogues.
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Upcoming Policy Series Events
World Malaria Day 2008: Toward Eradication - Malaria's Next Frontiers
Congressional Briefing: Wed., April 23, 2008 at the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. Please join the Council, Johns Hopkins University Voices Project and PATH to address the next frontiers in the malaria prevention, control and treatment.
 Policy Dinners
The Global Health Council holds invitation-only dinners bringing together senior level representatives of the NGO community, Congress, corporate leaders, the Administration, and key policymakers to meet with prominent global health figures. These dinners provide a forum for attendees to discuss critical global health issues in a congenial, relaxed, off-the-record environment and an opportunity to set the groundwork for future working relationships.
Past Policy Dinners include:
Congressional Briefings & Events
The Global Health Council's educational and technical congressional briefings bring clear and sound information on critical health-related issues in the developing world to U.S. policymakers. They provide an opportunity for representatives from the field to put a human face on key global health issues currently facing Congress.
Past congressional briefings & events include:
 Partner Forums
Global Health Partner Forums offer the opportunity for the global health community, including our NGO members and others in the Washington, D.C. area, to meet with experts from the field. Partner Forums build bridges between the NGO community - which so often supports and advocates for the work done in the field - and field practitioners themselves.
Past partners forums include:
Calendar
Policy Series events (except study tours) are generally grouped to occur in “seasons”, corresponding with the Global Health Council's five core areas. Non-health sector issues change over time and include such topics as U.S. Investment in Global Health and Food as a Health Intervention.
| January / February |
Child Survival |
| March / April |
Infectious Diseases |
| May / June |
Women's Health |
| September / October |
Emerging issues |
| November / December |
HIV/AIDS |
The Global Health Council Policy Series is funded in part through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and with unrestricted educational support from the Abbott Fund.
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