Advocacy Update ~ June 22, 2020
WHO Advocacy Community Statement of Support Global Health Council, in coordination with Action for Global Health, CSEM of UHC2030, RESULTS, and WACI Heath, shared a sign-on statement expressing...
View ArticleNPR Goats and Soda quotes Loyce Pace on how women are underrepresented in...
NPR Goats and Soda quoted GHC President & Executive Director Loyce Pace in an article on how women are underrepresented in expert groups deciding how to control COVID-19. The post NPR Goats and...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ June 29, 2020
International News UK DFID & FCO Merger Recently, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)...
View ArticleGlobal Health Council Urges U.S. Global Health Leadership Through Continued...
Global Health Council released the following statement in response to the recent news that the Trump Administration has begun the process to officially terminate its relationship with the World Health...
View ArticleCNN quotes Loyce Pace on U.S. formal withdrawal from WHO
CNN quoted GHC President & Executive Director Loyce Pace in an article on the Trump Administration’s announcement that the U.S. is formally withdrawing from WHO. The post CNN quotes Loyce Pace on...
View ArticleForbes quotes Loyce Pace on why the U.S. withdrawal from WHO is bad for America
Forbes quoted GHC President & Executive Director Loyce Pace in an article on why leaving WHO or pulling critical resources in the middle of a pandemic is dangerous. The post Forbes quotes Loyce...
View ArticleFinancial Times quotes Loyce Pace on how U.S.-China tensions could hamper...
The Financial Times quoted GHC President & Executive Director Loyce Pace in an article on why health experts fear US-China tensions could hamper global co-operation and limit poorer nations’ access...
View ArticleRacism is a Global Health Issue
Global Health Council Statement on Recent Violence against Black Americans Washington, D.C., June 2, 2020 – By now, the entire world is aware of tragic events unfolding across America. Pervasive...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ July 13, 2020
WHO Advocacy On July 6, the United States Government moved forward with the termination of its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). Please access our WHO Advocacy Page for the most...
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Member Spotlight: Living Goods
Community Health in the Time of COVID-19: Reducing Preventable Deaths By Jennifer Hyman, Director of Communications, Living Goods Figuring out how to continue delivering essential reproductive,...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ July 27, 2020
Congressional News House State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Last week, the House passed H.R. 7608, a minibus consisting of four fiscal year (FY) 2021 appropriations bills: State-Foreign...
View ArticleLetter from Loyce: A 2020 Definition of Progress
If you are anything like me, you alternately feel like time stopped in March (“How is it summertime? Didn’t we just celebrate New Year’s?”) or that you have aged a decade in the span of six months (“Is...
View ArticleGlobal Health Council Calls for At Least $20 Billion for Global Health and...
Washington, DC (July 28, 2020) – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread globally, the urgent need for greater surveillance, equipment, personnel, testing, and laboratory capacity to save lives...
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USAID innovators poised to take on today’s grandest global health challenge
By: Marissa Chmiola, Senior Communications Lead, Global Health Technologies Coalition With support from the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Grand Challenges for Development program,...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ August 24, 2020
Administration News State Department updates U.S. global response to COVID-19 On July 29, the State Department provided an update on the U.S. funding commitments for the global response to COVID-19....
View ArticleLetter from Loyce: Solutions from the Source
I’ll let you in on a secret. Sometimes, my family and friends will place bets on how quickly people forget the last injustice caught on camera. It’s always so tragic and graphic that everyone feels...
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Member Spotlight: White Ribbon Alliance’s Brave Voices, Bold Actions Podcast
Telling the story of respectful maternity care through the Brave Voices, Bold Actions podcast By Diana Copeland, Executive Producer and Host of Brave Voices, Bold Actions: Women’s Health, Rights &...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ September 8, 2020
Administration News Trump Administration reaffirms withdrawal plan from WHO In a statement released by the Department of State, the Trump Administration announced steps to complete the process of...
View ArticleAdvocacy Updates ~ September 14, 2020
Administration News Trump Administration continues WHO withdrawal with reprogramming of funds The Trump Administration announced it would reprogram the remaining Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 and 2020 assessed...
View ArticleGlobal Health Council Applauds House Passage of Global Health Security Act
Washington, DC (September 23, 2020) – Global Health Council applauds the passage of the Global Health Security Act of 2019 (H.R. 2166) by the House of Representatives. The Global Health Security Act,...
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