Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act introduced in the House and...
Earlier this week, Representatives Ted Poe (TX) and Gerry Connolly (VA) and Senators Marco Rubio (FL) and Ben Cardin (MD) introduced the Foreign Aid Transparency...
View ArticleMaternity waiting homes provide a safe space for indigenous, pregnant women...
Success story provided by GHC member, Family Care International Many women from poor indigenous villages in the Bolivian lowlands have to travel hours by boat or...
View ArticleGHC NEWS FLASH: GLOBAL HEALTH ROUNDUP 10/23/15
New USAID Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Report Published The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and partners recently released the Saving Mothers, Giving Life Mid-Initiative...
View ArticleUN Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for the Global...
United Nations Secretary General’s Independent Accountability Panel for the Global Strategy on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health: Request for Applications The Partnership for Maternal Newborn...
View ArticleTaxing Unhealthy Foods and Beverages: A Burden or Blessing for the Poor?
This guess post was written by Sharon Nakhimovsky, Senior Analyst at Abt Associates Obesity is rising in the developing world. Foods and beverages high in...
View ArticleHITSystem: A Pound of Prevention
This blog was provided by Global Health Innovations. The notion of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure is nothing new, but it’s...
View ArticleDelivering Health Services to Women and Children: How Supply Chains Can...
This guest post was written by Kaitlin Christenson, Interim Director, Advocacy and Public Policy, PATH and Ellen T. Tompsett, Senior Program Officer, Reducing Stockouts, Reproductive...
View ArticleBudget Deal and Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations
With the passage of a budget deal in late October, the prospects of a government shutdown after December 11 – when the current Continuing Resolution...
View ArticleHouse Committee Marked Up Global Health Innovation Act and Foreign Aid...
Yesterday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs marked up and passed out of committee the Global Health Innovation Act (H.R. 2241), which will strengthen global...
View ArticleGHC NEWS FLASH: GLOBAL HEALTH ROUNDUP 11/6/15
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows Application Deadline Extended The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Academic Exchange Programs (ECA)...
View ArticleThe Real Gamechanger for Women’s Empowerment Initiatives – Family Planning
This guest post was writte by Carolyn Rodehau, Population Council The makeup of the workforce has changed worldwide. Increasingly, women have become a driving force in...
View ArticleWorld Prematurity Day Tackles the Leading Cause of Child Deaths
This guest post was written by Janna Patterson, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) team. Born...
View ArticleImproving Childhood Nutrition in Rural Vietnam
This blog was provided by Abbott. A Partnership Between Abbott, the Abbott Fund, AmeriCares and the Giao Diem Humanitarian Foundation For many children in rural...
View ArticleCivil Society Organizations Propose GFF Minimum Standards
At a learning session on the Global Financing Facility (GFF), civil society organizations engaged in the GFF process proposed minimum standards for GFF country platforms...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: Global Health Council Symposium Addresses Universality in...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ – This week, prominent representatives from agencies and organizations operating across global health will come together at Global Health Council’s Global...
View ArticleBattling Malnutrition Near South Sudan’s Front Lines
To date, IMA and Nile Hope have surpassed nearly all targets for the project. This success story was provided by GHC Member, IMA World Health...
View Article2016 Appropriations Update
Work continues on Capitol Hill to finish up Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 appropriations before the current continuing resolution ends on December 11. While sequestration caps...
View ArticleMFAN Circulating Letter of Support for Foreign Aid Transparency and...
The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) is circulating letters of support for the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act, which was recently introduced on Capitol...
View ArticleGlobal Health Symposium Outcomes
This guest blog was cross-posted from Global Health Guru, and written by Tiaji Salaam-Blyther Yesterday, I served on a panel at the Global Health Landscape...
View Article2015 Global Health Landscape Symposium Image Gallery
Global Health Council held its second annual Global Health Landscape Symposium on November 19, 2105 in Washington, DC titled: Achieving Universality in Global Health: An Imperative for...
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