The Global Health Initiative: New Guidance Issued on Women, Girls, and Gender Equality
New GHI guidance on gender equality proves that GHI is moving forward in putting women and girls at the center of its response.
Janet Fleischman
Janet Fleischman is a senior associate with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, where she focuses on women’s global health issues, including HIV/AIDS and reproductive health. From 2002 to 2008, she chaired the gender committee of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force, a bipartisan effort aimed at strengthening U.S. policy on HIV/AIDS. Fleischman also works as a consultant to several other organizations focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS issues, including CARE and UNAIDS. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Human Rights Watch as a researcher on Eastern Europe and Africa and, ultimately, as the organization’s Washington director for Africa. Fleischman has conducted numerous fact-finding missions to Africa, India, and Eastern Europe and has written and edited many reports relating to gender and HIV/AIDS, U.S. policy, and human rights. Her articles have appeared in publications such as the Washington Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Times, and AllAfrica.com. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to human rights and HIV/AIDS, and she has testified before both the Senate and House Africa Subcommittees. Her most recent publications from CSIS include Voices from the Field: The Role of Integrated Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Programs in Strengthening U.S. Policy (February 2008) and Priorities for Action: Gender and PEPFAR Reauthorization (September 2007); from UNAIDS, An Analysis of the Gender Policies of the Three Major AIDS Financing Institutions: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Bank, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (July 2008); and from CARE, Maximizing HIV Prevention: Building the Case for Social and Economic Vaccines (August 2008), and The Future of PEPFAR: Comprehensive Approaches, Sustainable Results (March 2008).
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Integrating HIV with Other Health Services for Women: New Models in Kenya
The opportunities to integrate health services to better address the client’s needs – especially women – is a key piece of the Obama administration’s Global Health Initiative (GHI). I went to Kenya in November to look for lessons for GHI from another US program - APHIA.
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Women’s Health and HIV/AIDS in Kenya
With all the troubling political news coming out of Kenya these days, it�s important to highlight some promising initiatives that are under way in the arena of women�s health.
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The Global Health Initiative in Malawi
The U.S. government has relatively balanced health and development funding in Malawi, which gives the GHI comparatively greater potential for impact than in neighboring countries.
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Closing the Gender Gap
Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, asks if the time is right for the U.S to make gender equity an explicit priority of U.S. global health programs.
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Re-Usable Sanitary Pads Helping Keep Girls in School
Could distributing kits of re-usable sanitary pads to schoolgirls in Kenya help adolescent and teenage girls’ ability to stay in school? The Huru project – which means “freedom” in Swahili – is working to show that it can.
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Gender, AIDS and Development in Southern Africa
CSIS gender specialist Janet Fleischman heads to South Africa and Zambia to look at innovative programs that link gender, AIDS, and development.
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Focus on Women and Girls Key to MDG Success
The MDGs provide an opportunity – to focus on ensuring basic rights and access to health services for women and girls as the path to achieve the MDG goals.
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School-Based Outreach in KwaZulu Natal
CSIS gender specialist Janet Fleischman visits Siyakha Nentsha, a school-based program that provides vulnerable high school students with skills to build economic assets while protecting themselves against HIV and early pregnancy.
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Political Tensions Threaten HIV Programs in Malawi
The growing political and economic crisis in Malawi, highlighted by the government’s use of force against peaceful demonstrators last week, could also imperil the groundbreaking expansion of Malawi’s national HIV/AIDS program.
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The Linkages Between Education and HIV/AIDS in Girls’ Education
Girls' education has long been recognized as a critical tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, in the empowerment of women and girls, and in enhancing the health and welfare of families and communities.
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The Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate, CSIS Global Health Policy Center, discusses the dangers of H1N1 (swine influenza) to pregnant women, delays in vaccine manufacturing and distribution to developing countries, and the importance of targeting priority groups most vulnerable to the virus.
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Blog
- Ghana Introduces Two New Vaccines
In April 2012, Ghana will introduce the pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. For the event, the GAVI Alliance has produced a short film looking at the effort. - The International AIDS Conference Returns to the United States
This report examines the political history of the international AIDS conferences from 1985 to the present and provides insight into the ways the conferences have contributed to ending the epidemic. - Vaccines and New Media “Film Festival” Recap
Watch video from our March 16th event focusing on vaccines and new media. - Video: The Strategic Power of Vaccines in Zambia
A team from CSIS traveled to Zambia to produce a video on vaccination efforts - their value, their long-term sustainability, and the challenges to their implementation. - U.S. Global Health Policy in Palestinian Hands?
Consequences of Palestinian statehood could reach beyond the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if the Palestinians seek membership in specialized UN agencies—including, specifically, the World Health Organization (WHO). - An Epidemic after an Earthquake: The Cholera Outbreak in Haiti, Part 2
In Part 2 of our look at Haiti's cholera outbreak, CSIS examines the response by the the Haitian government and partner organizations to improve WASH activities in the country, and the challenges that lie ahead. - Cholera in the Dominican Republic: The Outbreak and Response
The higher quality of the Dominican Republic’s water and sanitation infrastructure and its responsiveness to the cholera outbreak were critical factors in lessening the impact of the disease.
Podcast
- Interview with Moussa Seck, Program Coordinator for Community Led Total Sanitation Initiatives
- Interview with Darren Saywell, Director of the WASH Program at Plan International USA
- Interview with Lois Quam, Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative (GHI)
- Interview with Dr. Kala Vairavamoorthy on Water and Sanitation Challenges in Emerging Cities
- Interview with Kay Warren of Saddleback Church on the American Faith Community and HIV/AIDS Efforts