Four Pillars Part 4: U.S. Global Health Leadership
Last year, I wrote about the four pillars of GHC’s work. I wrote about global health security, multilateral support, and health equity but never got around to the 4th pillar: U.S. global health...
View ArticleInput on Proposed Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)...
As a coalition of more than 100 member organizations devoted to advancing global health priorities and improving health and well-being worldwide, GHC strongly supports ongoing negotiations of the...
View ArticleBridging the Global Reconstructive Surgery Gap
Claire LaChance, ReSurge President and CEO What does your organization do? What is its mission? For more than 50 years, ReSurge International has served as a leading nonprofit organization building...
View ArticleWorld Water Day & UN Water Conference 2023
World Water Day, which took place on March 22, is an annual observance that aims to raise awareness about the importance of access to clean, potable water. At GHC, we want to highlight the importance...
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State and USAID releases FY24 Budget Annexes Following the release of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 Budget Request in March, the State Department and the U. S. Agency for International...
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76th World Health Assembly underway The Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly (WHA76) is currently underway in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21–30. GHC is on the ground to participate in and track the...
View ArticleAgenda item 12: Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’...
Global Health Council thanks the assembly for the opportunity to comment on item 12, the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health. The 2022 United Nations Secretary-General...
View ArticleWHA76 UHC (Agenda Item 13.1) Constituency Statement
The non-state actors (NSAs) supporting this constituency statement regarding Agenda Item 13,1 on Universal Health Coverage include: Amref Health Africa, Fondation Botnar, Global Health Council,...
View ArticleAgenda item 13.2 Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the...
The non-state actors (NSAs) supporting this constituency statement include: Framework Convention Alliance / Global Alliance for Tobacco Control, Global Health Council, Handicap International...
View Article15.1 Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness,...
COVID-19 has brought on an unprecedented crisis for people, particularly for those at higher risk and in vulnerable situations, putting their physical, mental health and wellbeing in jeopardy....
View ArticleAgenda item 16.1 Well-being and health promotion
Global Health Council thanks the assembly for the opportunity to comment on agenda item 16.1. We support the draft global framework for achieving well-being and emphasize the need for: Actionable...
View ArticleAgenda item 27.1 Progress reports (including: Water, sanitation and hygiene...
WASH in healthcare facilities is critical to improving patient care and working conditions for healthcare workers across the globe. Following implementation of the WHA 72.7 resolution in 2019,...
View ArticleAgenda Item 13.5 Draft global strategy on infection prevention and control
GHC supported by WaterAid, appreciates the opportunity to comment on this agenda item. Infection prevention and control is crucial to protecting patients, health workers, and visitors to healthcare...
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Member Spotlight: The Mended Hearts Inc.
The Importance of Creating Connection Cardiovascular disease is a global killer that currently affects more than half a billion people around the world. While much needs to be done to improve the...
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President Biden to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen as new CDC Director On June 16, President Biden announced his intent to appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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New Video Series: Highlighting Individual Voices within the Collective
Global Health Council talks a lot about the collective voice. Everything we do begins with assessing and synthesizing the viewpoints of our members to ensure our messages are informed and aligned....
View ArticleLearning Our Lessons: What’s Missing from Pandemic Preparedness
*This article, co-authored by Global Health Council President and Executive Director, Elisha Dunn-Georgiou, and Chris Collins, President and CEO of Friends of the Global Fight, originally appeared in...
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Shaping a New Narrative on Global Health Security
In 2021, Global Health Council published a report calling for a new narrative around global health security. We then framed that year’s Global Landscape Symposium around the issue to gather...
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House and Senate approve FY24 SFOPS appropriations bill House and Senate appropriators have taken vastly different approaches to funding the fiscal year (FY) 2024 State, Foreign Operations and Related...
View ArticleWHA 76 Agenda Item 15.1: Strengthening the global architecture for health...
COVID-19 has brought on an unprecedented crisis for people, particularly for those at higher risk and in vulnerable situations, putting their physical, mental health and wellbeing in jeopardy....
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