The U.S. commitment to global health : recommendations for the public and private sectors / Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
- Corporate Author
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health
- Additional Titles
- United States commitment to global health
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 278 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Scale up existing interventions to achieve significant health gains -- Generate and share knowledge to address health problems endemic to the global poor -- Invest in people, institutions, and capacity building with global partners -- Increase U.S. financial commitments to global health -- Set the example of respectful partnership -- Call to action -- A. Statement of task -- B. Committee biographies -- C. Public committee meeting agendas -- D. Working group meeting agendas -- E. Commissioned paper: IOM Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Global Health Governance Report / by Lawrence Gostin and Emily Mok -- F. Commissioned paper: Sharing knowledge for global health / by Anthony D. So and Evan Stewart.
- Summary
- The U.S. Commitment to Global Health examines ways in which the United States could contribute to advances in global health, including the following four areas of action: Generate and share knowledge to address problems endemic to poor countries, Invest in people, institutions, and capacity building in resource-poor settings, Increase both quantity and quality of U.S. financial commitments to global health, Be a respectful partner and leader.
- Subject(s)
- World health—Government policy—United States
- World health
- Global Health
- Financing, Government
- Public Policy
- Santé mondiale—Politique gouvernementale—États-Unis
- Santé mondiale
- Aide de l'État
- Federal aid
- HEALTH & FITNESS—Health Care Issues
- MEDICAL—Public Health
- MEDICAL—Health Policy
- HEALTH & FITNESS—Diseases—General
- MEDICAL—Diseases
- MEDICAL—Health Care Delivery
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780309138222 (electronic bk.)
0309138221 (electronic bk.)
030913921X
9780309139212
9780309138215 (pbk.)
0309138213 (pbk.) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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