SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Applied research and development is a crit-
ical component of United States leadership in global 
health. Research and innovation can help to break 
the cycle of aid dependency by providing sustainable 
solutions to long-term problems. Research and devel-
opment for global health is crucial for meeting new 
and 
emerging 
challenges, 
creating 
efficiencies, 
strengthening health systems, shifting tasks and 
strengthening workforces, and increasing access to 
health services for the most vulnerable. Research 
suggests that advances in health and medical tech-
nologies have been the major drivers behind massive 
improvements in health worldwide over the past cen-
tury, resulting in an average increase in life 
expectancies of 21 years in low- and middle-income 
countries between 1960 and 2002. 
(2) Because of its presence in the field, the 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) is uniquely placed to assess local health 
conditions, then partner with public and private 
stakeholders to ensure the development and timely 
introduction and scale-up of tools that are culturally 
acceptable, address serious and all-too-common 
health problems, and contribute to the strengthening 
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of health systems. In a recent report to Congress, 
USAID calls health research ‘‘integral’’ to its ‘‘abil-
ity to achieve its health and development objectives 
worldwide’’ and states that innovation through re-
search allows the agency ‘‘to develop and introduce 
affordable health products and practices and con-
tribute to policies appropriate for addressing health- 
related concerns in the developing world’’. In 2006, 
USAID outlined a five-year health research strategy: 
‘‘Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and 
Development Activities at USAID (HRRD), May 
2006’’, with a timeline through 2010. 
(3) Congress notes the interrelated initiatives 
that USAID has taken to advance science, tech-
nology, and innovation for development, including 
the Grand Development Challenges, the Innovation 
Fund, Development Innovation Ventures, the Devel-
opment Lab, and the Innovation Fellowship. 
(4) Applied research and development at 
USAID— 
(A) facilitates public-private collaboration 
in the development of global health tech-
nologies; 
(B) leverages public and private sector 
support for early stage research and develop-
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ment of health technologies to encourage pri-
vate sector investment in late-stage technology 
development and product introduction in devel-
oping countries; 
(C) benefits the United States economy by 
investing in the growing United States global 
health technology sector, which— 
(i) provides skilled jobs for American 
workers; 
(ii) creates opportunities for United 
States businesses in the development and 
production of new technologies; and 
(iii) enhances United States competi-
tiveness in the increasingly technological 
and knowledge-based global economy; and 
(D) enhances United States national secu-
rity by— 
(i) reducing the risk of pandemic dis-
ease; and 
(ii) contributing to economic develop-
ment and stability in developing countries. 
(5) Investments by the United States in afford-
able, appropriate health technologies, such as med-
ical devices for maternal, newborn, and child care; 
new vaccines; new vaccine technologies and delivery 
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tools; safe injection devices; diagnostic tests for in-
fectious diseases; new tools for water, sanitation, 
and nutrition; multipurpose prevention technologies; 
information systems and mobile health and informa-
tion systems; and innovative disease prevention 
strategies— 
(A) reduce the risk of disease transmission; 
(B) accelerate access to life-saving global 
health interventions for the world’s poor; 
(C) reduce the burden on local health sys-
tems; and 
(D) have been found by the United States 
Government and the World Health Organiza-
tion to result in significant cost savings for de-
velopment assistance funds. 
(6) Product development partnerships (PDPs) 
are one model that is successfully accelerating re-
search to benefit the developing world. PDPs are 
non-profit, nongovernmental entities that work to 
accelerate the development of new tools to fight dis-
eases in resource-poor settings. Typically, PDPs 
manage resources and partnerships from across pub-
lic, private, and philanthropic sectors to drive the 
development of a full pipeline of potential new prod-
ucts that could save and improve lives in the devel-
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oping world. USAID has played a significant role in 
advancing the PDP model through its financial sup-
port. Over the past decade, the achievements of 
PDPs have become increasingly successful at ad-
vancing new products through the development pipe-
line towards registration, product introduction, and 
use. 
(7) Through a cooperative agreement, known as 
the Health Technologies program, USAID supports 
the development of technologies that— 
(A) maximize the limited resources avail-
able for global health; and 
(B) ensure that products and medicines 
developed for use in low-resource settings reach 
the people that need such products and medi-
cines. 
Through the Health Technologies program, 85 tech-
nologies have been invented, designed, developed, or 
co-developed, with many of these technologies moved 
to global use and billions of units used worldwide. 
Over its 25-year history, more than 95 private-sector 
collaborators have been involved in the Health Tech-
nologies program, matching USAID dollars two to 
one. 
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