Town Hall With Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator December 4, 2009 Event The Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a town hall-style discussion with Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, about the latest developments in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Why Global Health Matters to California November 9, 2009 Event This public forum held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Global Health Sciences, showcased and celebrated California and the Bay Area as a center of excellence in global health.
Interview with Former Sen. Bill Frist October 1, 2009 Event Senator Frist, currently a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, has published a memoir, A Heart to Serve in which he describes how “medicine can truly be a currency for peace in our world.”
U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus “U.S. Strategy for Combating the Global TB Epidemic” September 29, 2009 Event This webcast features an expert panel discussing the U.S. government’s global response to TB and key challenges in combating the disease around the world.
The G-8 and the Obama Administration: What Happened on the Global Health Initiative and New Food Security Effort? July 23, 2009 Event This briefing co-sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center examined the outcomes arising from the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Italy in July 2009 relating to key global health issues, particularly the Obama Administration’s new Global Health Initiative and its newly launched global food security strategy.
Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis: A Workshop July 14, 2009 Event This three-day meeting convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine explores the implications of the recent global food price increase and economic crisis on nutrition and health.
Expanded U.S. University Engagement in Global Health July 9, 2009 Event The Center for Strategic and International Studies Global Health Policy Center sponsored this event featuring Dr. Michael H. Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, to discuss the unprecedented surge of attention and growth in global health programs on university campuses across the United States.
Learning to Live in a World with the H1N1 Pandemic June 30, 2009 Event On June 30, 2009, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in partnership with the Congressional Global Health Caucus, sponsored a briefing on the current H1N1 flu outbreak.
The U.S. Strategy For Combating Malaria Around the World: Looking Forward June 17, 2009 Event The Kaiser Family Foundation held a briefing on June 17, 2009, to examine the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria moving forward, including its strategic options for reducing the impact of the disease, and the current status of the development of the comprehensive malaria strategy.
U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus “IOM Final Report on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health” May 21, 2009 Event During this webcast, members of the Institute of Medicine’s committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health discussed the committee’s final report that concluded that the U.S. government and U.S.-based foundations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, and commercial entities have an opportunity to improve global health and provided specific recommendations for how these groups should proceed.
