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PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FY2013 BUDGET REQUEST LEAVES GLOBAL HEALTH GOALS IN DOUBT

GHC Senior Policy Manager Craig Moscetti breaks down the President's global health budget numbers

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Business is Not as Usual

GHC Research Associate Katie Rosecrans outlines the new campaign to address NTDs, the first in a series on the topic

Infographic: Reaching NTD Goals by 2020

As an historic partnership to combat neglected diseases is announced, a visual representation of the burden and strategy

The International AIDS Conference Begins to Take Shape

As the International AIDS Conference returns to the U.S., Craig Moscetti shares some of the names that will shape the agenda

U.S. Funding for Global Health

06/23/2011

How much money does the United States spend on global health?

When President Obama announced the Global Health Initiative two years ago, the vision was for a $63 billion project that would take place over 6 years and integrate all U.S. global health programs to improve health systems in the developing world. However, in the last two years, Congress has approved $26.1 billion for global health, which is just 41 percent of the target amount Obama had set. For the 2012 budget, President Obama has only asked for $9.8 billion, 16 percent of the $63 billion goal.

"Here's what not to expect," said Beth Tritter, managing director at the Glover Park Group, a D.C. based communications firm. "Don't expect attainment of the GHI $63 billion target." Tritter spoke last week at a panel about the globah health budget at the Global Health Council's Global Health Conference.

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