Families USA's Global Health Initiative advocates for U.S. policies that advance global health research, with the goal of developing medical technologies to improve global health.
March 11, 2009
In This Issue:
Policy Updates
1. Appropriations
News and Reports
2. Global Health Is a Local Issue
3. Medical Research for Africa Can Benefit U.S. Too
4. The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis
5. What’s the Rx for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis? Hard Work—and Imagination
6. TB Breakthrough Could Lead to Stronger Vaccine
7. Keep Communicable Diseases under Control
Events
8. Report Launch: Making the Case for U.S. International Family Planning Assistance
9. Opening Reception for "EPIDEMIC: Tuberculosis in the South African Gold Mining Community”
10. Unite for Sight: Global Health and Innovation Summit
Policy Updates
1. Appropriations
Congress passed the 2009 budget and the president is expected to sign the $410 billion bill. The bill includes $30.3 billion for NIH (a 3.2% increase from FY 08) and $6.6 billion for CDC (a 3.8% increase from FY 08). For the summary of the 2009 Labor, Health, & Education Appropriations Bill, click here.
Please thank your representatives for investing in America's health and health around the world.
News and Reports
2. Global Health Is a Local Issue
Global Health Is a Local Issue (Wilmette Life, February 26, 2009)
Cynthia Changyit Levin of RESULTS explains how the impact of global health makes it a local issue and why global health programs need to continue to be funded.
To read the report, click here.
3. Medical Research for Africa Can Benefit U.S. Too
Medical Research for Africa Can Benefit U.S. Too (Medill Reports, February 25, 2009)
“New medical products developed to improve public health in African nations can help save lives in rural villages and provide affordable health care to low-income people in the U.S.”
To read the article, click here.
4. The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 2009)
The release of this month’s issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases is focused on tuberculosis (TB) to coincide with World TB Day on March 24. Millions of lives are affected by TB around the world. The articles in this month’s journal discuss the challenges of tuberculosis control and what is being done to overcome these challenges.
To read the article, click here.
5. What’s the Rx for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis? Hard Work—and Imagination
What’s the Rx for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis? Hard Work—and Imagination (Scientific American, February 23, 2009)
“A rising star in public health is showing the world that the deadliest strains of tuberculosis can be treated anywhere.” Read the article to find out more about Salmaan Keshavjee’s work in fighting drug resistant TB.
To read the article, click here.
6. TB Breakthrough Could Lead to Stronger Vaccine
TB Breakthrough Could Lead to Stronger Vaccine (Science Daily, March 3, 2009)
“A breakthrough strategy to improve the effectiveness of the only tuberculosis vaccine approved for humans provided superior protection against the deadly disease in a pre-clinical test, report scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in Nature Magazine.”
To read the article, click here.
7. Keep Communicable Diseases under Control
Keep Communicable Diseases under Control (The Arizona Star/Azstarnet.com, March 4, 2009)
“Strong public health commitments in Arizona and America are our most important foundation for national security.”
To read the article, click here.
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8. Report Launch: Making the Case for U.S. International Family Planning Assistance
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
For more information, click here.
9. Opening Reception for "EPIDEMIC: Tuberculosis in the South African Gold Mining Community”
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
For more information, click here.
10. Unite for Sight: Global Health and Innovation Summit
Date: April 18 -19, 2009
Place: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
For more information, click here.
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