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How the World Health Organization and the World Can Promote the Health of...
WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Montgomery Collins. “Promote Health. Keep the world safe. Serve the vulnerable.”—that is how the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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How the World Health Organization and the World Can Promote the Health of...
Health For All. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Montgomery Collins. Recommendations to consider during the revision of the Global Action Plan (Promoting the health of refugees and migrants draft global...
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What Do Young People Want? Knowledge! Power! Health! – A Perspective from #WHA72
Chantelle Booysen, Joab Wako, Stefan Peterson, and Margianta Surahman Juhanda Dinata speak at the NCD Child side-event “The Convention on the Rights of the Child & SDG 3” during World Health...
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Member Spotlight: PAI
Photo credit: Sala Lewis for PAI Holding the U.S. Accountable on Global Reproductive Health and Rights Since assuming control of the executive branch, the Trump-Pence administration has consistently...
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U.S. Appropriations Update House Appropriations Committee Marks Up SFOPs bill In mid-May, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPs) bill,...
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GHC Returns from a Whirlwind WHA72
Dr. Tedros during the opening of WHA72. Photo Credit: WHO/L. Cipriani “We all have a duty to make sure the decisions we make this week take root in our countries and communities. This week, I ask you...
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NCD Prevention at the World Health Assembly: Are We Speaking the Same Language?
Attendees in session at the 72nd World Health Assembly. Photo credit: Katherine Shats. How should countries address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)? As the burden grows – with...
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Resolving A Fundamental Challenge In Global Health
Photo credit: Haik Kocharian for Village Health Partnership A healthcare facility without water, sanitation, and hygiene is not a healthcare facility.” – Dr. Maria Neira, World Health Organization...
View ArticleU.S. Senators Reintroduce Legislation Aimed to Save Lives of Women and...
Washington, DC (June 11, 2019) – Yesterday, Global Health Council (GHC) applauded U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chris Coons (D-DE) who led a bipartisan group of 22 Senators to reintroduce the...
View ArticleAdvocacy Update ~ June 17, 2019
House Debates the First of Several FY 2020 Spending Packages Last Wednesday, the House took up the first of several spending packages to fund federal agencies and programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The...
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Patient Champion Spotlight: Bruno Carrattini
During the 2019 World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Global Health Council provided several patient champions with the opportunity to share their stories, and contribute to discussions around...
View ArticleStakeholders Commit to Improving WASH in Healthcare Facilities at Historic...
Washington, DC (June 19, 2019) – Today, over 100 representatives from non-governmental organizations, academia, faith-based organizations, private institutions, media, and government joined Global...
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Let’s End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths Once and For All
At the beginning of the 21st century, several countries vowed to end preventable child and maternal deaths worldwide. To date, those verbal commitments, which were backed by substantial investments,...
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Member Spotlight: The American Academy of Pediatrics
Photo credit: The American Academy of Pediatrics. Reflections from the 72nd World Health Assembly The people of the world are looking at us to deliver results. And the people of the world will hold us...
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House Passes Minibus Spending Package On June 19, the House passed a minibus spending package (H.R. 2740). The spending package, which passed 226 to 203, includes the FY 2020 State, Foreign Operations,...
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Member Spotlight: PATH
Representatives from PATH and the SAHTAC and CHReaD coalitions attend the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva to advocate for R&D for UHC. Pictured are Lauren Pretorius, Sibusiso Hlatjwako, Ntando...
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Highlighting the Important Role of WASH in Healthcare Facilities at WHA
A view of the World Health Assembly. Photo credit: Lindsay Denny/Global Water 2020 This year’s World Health Assembly highlighted a key issue long overlooked by the global health community – the lack...
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Dear friends and allies of Global Health Council, As we approach 50 years since Global Health Council was established (formerly the National Council of International Health), we have an opportunity to...
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Patient Champion Spotlight: Dr. Maria José Pires Machai
During the 2019 World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Global Health Council provided several patient champions with the opportunity to share their stories, and contribute to discussions around...
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What’s Going on In the Global Health Community? Conferences, World Health...
Over the last few weeks, GHC has been compiling a shortlist (not exhaustive by any means!) of major global health days and conferences coming up in the latter half of 2019. We hope this list helps you...
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