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 On May 5, 2009, President Barack Obama announced the six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative (GHI) which calls for the U.S. to develop an integrated and comprehensive global health strategy that moves away from the fragmented and disease-specific approach of the past. The GHI – which began in Fiscal Year 2009 and will go through Fiscal Year 2014 - is meant to maintain the U.S. government’s commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, while scaling up programs in maternal and child health, family planning and neglected tropical diseases.
The GHI responds to the top global health priority of the Global Health Council and our members, as expressed in a letter the Council sent to the Obama Transition Team in November 2008: “The Obama Administration should quickly advance a comprehensive, 5-year global health policy framework. The U.S. commitment to combating disease emergencies and improving health in the developing world has resulted in respected programs, positive outcomes and long-term partnerships that have contributed greatly to strengthening our country’s reputation abroad. Investing in global health programs is widely supported by the American people and benefits U.S. security and diplomatic interests."
This page brings together information and resources on the Global Health Initiative – from the Global Health Council, its members, the Obama Administration, other global health organizations and some of the media reporting on the GHI.
From the Global Health Council
Global Health Council Offers Updated Comments on Implementation of
the Global Health Initiative on March 22, 2010 | read PDF
News release on proposed increases for global health in the 2011 budget
on Feb. 2, 2010 | read PDF
FY 2011 budget chart | view chart
News release on congressional action on Dec. 16, 2009 | read
News release on President Obama's call in Ghana for a comprehensive global health strategy on July 11, 2009 | read
News release on the president’s statement of the GHI on May 8, 2009 | view
Top recommendations to the Obama Transition team in November 2008 | read
From the Obama Administration
Draft of the “Implementation of the Global Health Initiative Consultation Document” | read
From the Fogarty International Center at National Institutes of Health | read
Text of President Obama's speech to the Ghanaian Parliament on July 11, 2009 | read speech
White House video on Obama's reception in Ghana | view video
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew brief the White House press corps on the GHI on May 5, 2009 | read brief
White House statement on the Global Health Initiative on May 5, 2009 | read
From the U.S. Congress
Reaction of Rep. Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to the FY 2011 budget | read
Council Member Organizations React to the GHI and the FY 2011 Budget
AIDS Action Council | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | CARE | Center For Global Development | Friends of the Global Fight | GAVI Alliance | Guttmacher Institute | Infectious Disease Society of America | InterAction | Save the Children
CHANGE publishes policy brief on:
"A Woman-Centered Approach to the U.S. Global Health Initiative" | read
Guest blog by CEOs of Aeras TB Vaccine Foundation and Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
www.theglobalhealthinitiative.org: A consortium of 25 organizations, including 10 GHC members, offering a critique of the Global Health Initiative | read
Article by Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, on the Huffington Post | read article
Other Organizations Analyze the GHI and the FY 2011 Budget
The Kaiser Family Foundation releases a policy brief on the GHI, April 14, 2010 | more
Key U.S. government officials in global health policy and related areas, March 8, 2010 | more
The Kaiser Family Foundation presents "Budget Tracker: Status of U.S. Funding for Key Global Health Accounts" on Feb. 4, 2010, which will be updated as needed | more
The Kaiser Family Foundation releases a policy brief and chartpack providing a detailed breakdown of the GHI on Dec. 2, 2009 | read policy brief
ONE’s report card of Obama’s FY 2011 budget request | read
Media Coverage of the GHI
Obama Gets Brickbats and Plaudits Over Global Health Budget
The Guardian (United Kingdom)
Feb. 4, 2010
Obama Boosts World Health Programs 9% to $8.5 Billion
Bloomberg News
Feb. 1, 2010
White House Aims to Broaden Approach to Global Health
Wall Street Journal
Jan. 31, 2010
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