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Failure to Launch: A Post-Mortem of GHI 1.0

7/9/12
Amanda Glassman

Announced in May 2009 by President Obama, the Global Health Initiative (GHI) promised a new way for the United States to do business in global health. Fragmented U.S. programs would be united under a single banner; vertical structures would be dismantled in favor of an integrated approach; and narrow, disease-focused programs would transition toward a focus on broader health challenges, such as maternal health, child survival, and health systems’ strengthening.

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Not Too Late to Ride the Hype: USAID and NCDs

9/22/11
Kate McQueston

This is a joint post with Amanda Glassman.

Everyone seems to be throwing their hat into the ring in the battle against non-communicable disease (NCD), from George W. Bush to Lance Armstrong. Now it appears USAID has entered the mix as well. Despite the agency’s absence from a CGD sponsored panel discussion last week, the USAID communications department is shifting into full gear—implying that they plan to join the fight after all.

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Decisions, Decisions: How to Allocate U.S. Global Health Dollars

3/17/11
Katie Stein

Washington, DC has been buzzing with talks of budgets, spending, and the deficit. During a time of spending cuts, the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) is, so far, moving ahead with moderate increases in its overall budget. GHI was first introduced in FY2009 with a budget of $8.4 billion. In FY2010, Congress bumped GHI funding up to $8.8 billion and in FY2011, the White House requested $9.6 billion for the program. However, House and Senate appropriators are currently eyeing cuts across the board, some of which may target global health.

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The GHI: Has Spring Finally Sprung?

3/15/11
Christina Droggitis

In a note from Kenya, Lois Quam, the freshly appointed head of the GHI, announced the release of the first GHI+ country strategy, to be found on the newly established GHI.gov website.  After two years of near radio silence from the USG in the way of physical documents outlining just how this $63 billion dollar initiative will be implemented, the GHI under Quam’s leadership seems to be blooming.

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Secretary Clinton on the FY2012 Budget: Managing Global Health Expectations?

2/28/11
Nandini Oomman

Budget season this year is messy and confusing. While the FY2011 budget remains unsettled, some focus is about to shift to President Obama’s FY2012 budget request. Secretary Clinton kicks off the FY2012 budget hearings tomorrow with back-to-back sessions in front of House authorizers and appropriators. Here’s what the FY2012 budget could mean for the Global Health Initiative (GHI) and what members of Congress might ask Clinton about U.S. global health spending.

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Can Research Make Health Systems Strengthening Sexier?

11/15/10
Nandini Oomman

Today, researchers, donors, policymakers, and advocates from around the world met in Montreux, Switzerland for the first ever Global Symposium for Health Systems Research.  The objectives of the conference, laid out in an interesting Debategraph , are to collectively establish a science-based approach to accelerate universal health coverage.  The topic of health systems failure sounds positively humdrum to many  of us who have worked in global health.

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