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The Strategic Power of Vaccines

Posted on Dec 12, 2011 at 01:26 pm

The second CSIS High-Level Forum on U.S. Leadership in Global Health placed a focus on vaccines as instruments of U.S. global leadership in pursuit of security and economic interests at home and abroad, in close enduring partnerships with corporations, foundations, multilateral organizations, and other countries.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Maternal & Child Health, Measurement & Accountability, Past Events, Multimedia

Emerging Practices in Global Health Cooperation

Posted by Katherine Bliss on Dec 08, 2011 at 09:41 am

On December 6, 2011 the CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a half-day seminar focused on the activities, practices, and strategies that characterize the global health outreach of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, or the BRICS.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Noncommunicable Diseases, Measurement & Accountability, Past Events

Health Reconstruction in Japan After 3-11

Posted by J. Stephen Morrison on Nov 03, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Since April 2011, I organized a health working group that has examined the complex, evolving health situation in Japan, post-March 11, and weighed what would be the most appropriate and effective U.S. assistance in the medium term to support Japanese-led health recovery efforts. That working group contributed the health chapter contained in a broader CSIS effort – the ‘Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Standing with Japan after 3-11.’ In Chapter Four of the final report, entitled Health and Recovery, we identify three core issues that are most appropriate and effective for U.S. assistance over the next three years in support of Japanese-led reconstruction initiatives

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Tags: Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Noncommunicable Diseases, Measurement & Accountability

Launch of CSIS Report on DoD Overseas Research Laboratories

Posted by CSIS Staff on Jul 06, 2011 at 10:24 am

On June 28th, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center released the final report of its project on the Defense Department’s overseas medical research laboratories, which are important U.S. assets at the intersection of health and security.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Past Events, Multimedia, Publications

GAVI Going Forward

Posted by Margaret Reeves on Jul 01, 2011 at 09:54 am

The “GAVI Going Forward” event, hosted jointly on June 27 by CSIS and the Center for Global Development (CGD), looked at how GAVI can mitigate its weaknesses and leverage its strengths to save and improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. Lisa Carty of CSIS and Amanda Glassman of CGD moderated a panel discussion featuring Amie Batson, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health; Joelle Tanguy, Managing Director of External Relations for GAVI; Nicole Bates, Senior Program Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Claire Moran, Development Counselor at the British Embassy.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Measurement & Accountability

Report: The Defense Department’s Enduring Contributions to Global Health

Posted by Seth Gannon on Jun 30, 2011 at 09:09 am

In the spring of 2010, CSIS launched a year-long, independent examination of the U.S. Army and Navy overseas medical research laboratories. The impetus was an awareness that despite the laboratories’ impressive scientific accomplishments and contributions to U.S. national interests and global health, they are not well understood outside of research circles and consequently find themselves undervalued in today’s environment of fiscal austerity. They stand at the intersection of health and security, a topic of increased importance to U.S. approaches to global health. The CSIS project aimed to assess the laboratories’ contributions and achievements; examine the factors that constrain their performance; and propose reforms that will put them on the best course to continued success

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Measurement & Accountability

China’s Emerging Global Health and Foreign Aid Engagement

Posted by Xiaoqing Lu Boynton on Jun 02, 2011 at 03:48 pm

On May 24, CSIS co-hosted with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) a conference on China’s emerging global health and foreign aid engagement. Participants agreed that global health was one of the most promising areas for U.S.-China-Africa trilateral collaboration. Nevertheless, significant challenges exist.

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Tags: Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid

Report: Leveraging the World Health Organization’s Core Strenghts

Posted by Margaret Reeves on May 17, 2011 at 12:11 pm

On the question of whether WHO has value to U.S. global health policy and U.S. national interests, the answer, in the opinion of the authors of this paper, is decidedly yes—provided that WHO narrows its focus strategically to those activities for which it is best suited and for which it has the greatest prospects of delivering substantial value.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Noncommunicable Diseases, Measurement & Accountability

The Exclusive Business of Disaster Relief

Posted on May 02, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Following the Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2009, certain approaches to emergency worked while others did not. The magnitude of the catastrophe brought out the need to fix lingering problems with the existing humanitarian assistance architecture. In emergency response, many of the decisions that need to be made will be difficult and not politically popular, but the focus needs to be unwaveringly and unflinchingly on providing those in need with the best possible care,

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Tags: Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Measurement & Accountability

Despite Progress, More Work is Needed to Control Infectious Diseases in Nigeria

Posted by Phillip Nieburg on Nov 04, 2010 at 12:32 pm

A recent visit to an HIV/AIDS conference in Nigeria gave me an opportunity to review recent reports on several important infectious diseases in the country. The progress report was decidedly mixed.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Maternal & Child Health

Where Does the Money Go?

Posted by Julia Nagel on Oct 27, 2010 at 12:45 pm

On October 15th, the United States Institute of Peace held an informative event entitled – “Relief Efforts in the Wake of the Pakistan Floods.” Though many themes arose, I felt that each topic discussed all revolved around one central question: where does the money go?

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Measurement & Accountability

Important Improvements Towards Water Sanitation

Posted by Katherine Bliss on Oct 19, 2010 at 01:33 pm

Both at the September MDG Summit - and since then - there have been positive signs that the international community intends to accelerate efforts to improve access to sanitation over the next five years.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Water & Sanitation, Measurement & Accountability

Can an Equity Focus Accelerate Progress in Child and Maternal Mortality in the Next Five Years?

Posted by J. Stephen Morrison on Oct 19, 2010 at 08:30 am

One intriguing proposition for doing business differently over the next five years has come from UNICEF and its new executive director Anthony Lake.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Maternal & Child Health, Measurement & Accountability

A Cause for Optimism After the MDG Summit

Posted by Katherine Bliss on Oct 12, 2010 at 12:02 pm

The high-profile focus on the need to reinforce global efforts on sanitation and the launch of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at the MDG Summit offered a cause for optimism, even as the challenges loom large.

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Tags: Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid

Peru’s Human Plague Outbreak: Rats, Sugarcane, and the Challenges of Regional Education and Response

Posted by CSIS Staff on Sep 24, 2010 at 12:30 pm

During a visit to Peru in late August, our CSIS team had recurrent conversations about the recent outbreak of human plague in the district of Chocope, roughly 375 miles north of Lima.

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Tags: Pandemic Preparedness, Travel Blog

A Phone Call from USAID

Posted by Julia Nagel on Sep 20, 2010 at 02:31 pm

Last Friday, September 17th, USAID held a phone call with various news and policy institutions providing a preview of USAID’s agenda going into the United Nations General Assembly.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Maternal & Child Health, Measurement & Accountability

Transcript: Interview with Dr. Heidi Larson, Executive Director of the aids2031 Project

Posted by CSIS Staff on Sep 17, 2010 at 10:33 am

On September 16th, Dr. Heidi Larson spoke at CSIS about some of the findings of the aids2031 Project. Read a transcript of an interview with Dr. Larson here.

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Measurement & Accountability

Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy

Posted by CSIS Staff on Mar 17, 2010 at 03:14 pm

After almost one year of deliberation, the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy is proud to release its final report: "A healthier, safer, and more prosperous world."

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness, Humanitarian Aid, Maternal & Child Health, Kenya Trip, Travel Blog, Your Testimony, Past Events, Multimedia, Publications

H1N1 Influenza and the U.S. Response: Looking Back at 2009

Posted by CSIS Staff on Jan 11, 2010 at 10:51 am

The arrival of the new year has inspired a number of newspapers, magazines, and journals to look back at 2009�s experience with the ongoing swine flu pandemic. Read More

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