The U.S. commitment to global health
Subtitle: recommendations for the public and private sectors
By: Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Contributors: National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780309138215
Subjects: World health -- Government policy -- United States; World Health -- United States; Financing, Government -- United States; Public Policy -- United States
Other titles: United States commitment to global health
Description: 1 -- 1 Introduction 17 -- Defining Global Health and the Scope of This Report 18 -- Building on Prior Success and New Commitments to Strengthen Global Health Achievements 24 -- Future Commitments to Global Health 32 -- References 33 -- 2 Scale Up Existing Interventions To Achieve Significant Health Gains 39 -- Achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 39 -- Prepare for Emerging Global Challenges of the Twenty-First Century 52 -- Address Neglected Health Systems 62 -- References 68 -- 3 Generate and Share Knowledge To Address Health Problems Endemic To The Global Poor 79 -- Generate Knowledge to Benefit the Global Poor 79 -- Share Knowledge That Enables Local Problem Solvers 94 -- References 101 -- 4 Invest in People, Institutions, and Capacity Building With Global Partners 107 -- Long-Term Institutional Capacity Building 107 -- Rectify the Health Workforce Crisis 117 -- References 126 -- 5 Increase U.S. Financial Commitments To Global Health 131 -- Finance the Global Health Funding Gap 131 -- Address the Global Health Research Funding Gap 144 -- References 149 -- 6 Set The Example of Engaging In Respectful Partnerships 153 -- Global Health Governance 153 -- Global Partnership 155 -- Local Partnership 160 -- References 166 -- 7 Call To Action 169 -- A Prominent Role for Health in U.S. Foreign Policy 169 -- Increase Coordination and Coherence Within the U.S. Government 173 -- Call for Summit to Highlight U.S. Commitment to Global Health 179 -- References 180.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scale up existing interventions to achieve significant health gains; title: Generate and share knowledge to address health problems endemic to the global poor; title: Invest in people, institutions, and capacity building with global partners; title: Increase U.S. financial commitments to global health; title: Set the example of respectful partnership; title: Call to action.