The U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) represents the Obama administration’s new strategy for international … development assistance in health. With a pledge of $63 billion over six years, GHI aims to fund PEPFAR and a set of broader global … health issues (e.g., maternal and child health, nutrition, and neglected tropical diseases). GHI is also being framed as …

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and … development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least … extremely effective in getting high quality, essential health services to women and children. He remarks that empowering …

evidence on how public health emergencies have negatively affected socioeconomic development pathways well beyond the crisis … potato-suitable areas after 1900. Our results highlight the interplay between technological change, public health, and …