The Global Health Policy Center

• Some Good News on H7N9 but No Time for Complacency
  For two months, the global health community has once again been on alert, watching closely to see if another pandemic is around the corner.
• World Bank Will Step Up Analytic Work in Support of Universal Health Coverage
  The World Bank Group will increase its analytic work and health systems’ support as one of five measures it will take to encourage universal health coverage globally, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said this week in Geneva.
• Leaders Re-Focus IHP+ to Improve Health Aid Coordination
  World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim made a strong case May 21 for increasing alignment between donors and countries to improve delivery of health services, citing the International Health Partnership (IHP+) as a helpful vehicle.
• Dr. Kim’s Prescription for Global Health
  Earlier in the week, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim delivered a rousing speech to the World Health Assembly, the annual week-long jamboree of global health leadership. With such great expectations of Dr. Kim from the health community, his comments this week help us see the path he’s choosing.
• WHO Attempts to Enlist the “Extremely Powerful Forces” of Industry to Combat NCDs
  The World Health Organization is in active dialogue with the food, beverage, alcohol, and even sporting goods industries to encourage marketing changes and product formulations to help curb the growing worldwide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
• Strengthening U.S. Investments in Women’s Global Health: A CSIS Delegation to Zambia
  In March 2013, a delegation led by the CSIS Global Health Policy Center traveled to Zambia to report on the opportunities and challenges of strengthening U.S. investments overseas in women’s health.
• The Last, Best Chance for Global Polio Eradication?
  After 25 years of remarkable achievements and sometimes harrowing setbacks, a successful conclusion to global polio eradication could finally be within reach.

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