CSIS Forum on Advancing U.S. Leadership in Global Health
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center convened key government officials and leading experts at a March 7 forum on U.S. leadership in global health.
Blog — Kenya Trip
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.
Kenya Documentary: Sex Workers, Peer Education, and Social Change
Commissioners visited a commercial sex worker drop-in center to learn about the most HIV-at-risk populations in Kenya and hear their stories.
Documentary: Smart Global Health in Kenya
This blog marks the first installation of a six part series that will go behind the scenes into the Commission trip to Kenya and the short documentary.
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.
Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy
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."
Video: A Look at Kibera
The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy visited Kenya to get a look at the on the ground realities of delivering health care in developing nations. Watch as the commissioners visit Kibera, one of the largest informal settlements in the world, and examine the unique relationship between Carolina for Kibera and the CDC.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) - U.S. Health Investments in Kenya
Keith Ellison, Smart Global Health commissioner and representative of Minnesota's fifth district, came to CSIS to provide reflections on the Commission's trip to Kenya.
Rural Service Delivery and Groundbreaking Research in Nyanza Province, Kenya
On Day 2 of its three day visit to Kenya the CARE/CSIS delegation divided in two, with one group led by Helene Gayle and including Congressman Keith Ellison, heading north to Nyanza Province in northwestern Kenya. Nyanza is one of Kenya's poorest areas with 63% of the population living on less than $1 a day. The province has the highest HIV prevalence rate in Kenya (14%), a significant burden of malarial disease and among the lowest life expectancies in the country according to the director of the district hospital, age 43 for women and 37 for men. Household economies are largely supported by subsistence farming and fishing along the shores of Lake Victoria. However, Nyanza has been hard-hit by Kenya's current drought, with both maize and sorghum harvests considerably constrained, posing further nutritional challenges at the household level.
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Karen Meacham Shares her Photos from Kenya
Karen Meacham, Deputy Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, shares her photos from the recent Commission Delegation to Kenya.
Reflections on US Assistance to Kenya’s Health Sector
Commissioner Peter Lamptey, President of Public Health Programs at Family Health International, offers his reflections on US support for Kenya's response to HIV. To help mitigate Kenya's impending "HIV treatment mortgage," Lamptey suggests increased integration of services, a massive scale-up of prevention activities, and implementation of a new partnership framework to guide future assistance.
Jennifer Cooke Shares her Photos from Dadaab, Kenya
Jennifer Cooke, Director, CSIS Africa Program, shares her first set of photos from Dadaab, Kenya traveling with Representative Keith Ellison [D-MN].
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- The Last, Best Chance for Global Polio Eradication?
After 25 years of remarkable achievements and sometimes harrowing setbacks, a successful conclusion to global polio eradication could finally be within reach. - Another Candidate HIV Vaccine Fails: We Must Keep Trying
Yesterday, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it was stopping further testing of a candidate HIV vaccine combination (study HVTN 505). While this is a disappointing turn of events, perseverance is needed. - President’s Malaria Initiative: Big Success from a Quiet Team
While the giant PEPFAR program to fight HIV/AIDS in developing countries gets a lot of attention in U.S. foreign policy discussions, a lesser known initiative to address malaria is achieving sustained, impressive results: The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). - Our New iTunesU Course: Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term
With the release of our Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term iTunes University course, we’ve received a few questions about how the course works. We thought it would be helpful to give a quick 101 on the course’s basics. - Global TB Control Through Partnerships
On March 21, KNCV honored USAID for the agency’s contribution to the field of global TB control. Dr. Sharon Stash spoke at the awards ceremony and noted options for how the U.S. government can advance these global efforts. - New Institute of Medicine Report on Illegitimate Drugs: A Moral Tragedy
The IOM recently released a new report on Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs. It raises important, indeed frightening, concerns about the quality and reliability of medicines in the U.S. and other developed nations, as well as in low- and middle-income countries, and proposes concrete steps in response. - The New State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy: A Second Chance to Get Things Right
The Office of Global Health Diplomacy offers the Obama administration a second chance, after costly stumbles in the first term, to get its global health policy right, especially in improving cross-agency coherence of U.S. international health programs and sharpening the vision for U.S. leadership in global health.
Podcast
- President Joyce Banda on Women’s Health and Empowerment in Malawi
- Interview with Dave Robbins on Using Coco Peat to Develop Low-Cost Waste Water Treatment
- Interview with Andrew Weber and Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on Biosecurity
- Peter Piot on the Politics of HIV
- Kay Warren on the Important Role of the Faith Community in Fighting HIV/AIDS