March 24, 2008
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) at The National Academies will convene a committee to undertake a new study to examine and articulate the case for why multiple agencies from government and the private sector in the U.S. should make a deeper commitment to global health. Ruth Levine, Vice President for Programs and Operations and Senior Fellow at CGD is a committe member for this study that aspires to be a broader and more complete exploration of the subject than was the case in an earlier IOM report, America's Vital Interest in Global Health, released in 1997.
The Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health will be co-chaired by Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Dr. Harold E. Varmus. The committee will present a brief report outlining a vision for a U.S. government commitment to global health, which will be released in December 2008 to coincide with the U.S. Presidential transition. The committee's full report will be released in April 2009.
The first committee meeting will be held on March 24, 2008, in the Keck Center of the National Academies, located at 500 Fifth Street, NW in Washington, DC. The meeting is open to the public with advance registration and will include presentations from the study sponsors and other eminent figures in global health.
For more information about the committee or to register for the upcoming public meeting, please visit the project website at www.iom.edu/usandglobalhealth or contact Kate Meck at (202)334-1812.
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