About our new Tool Kit: We need good medical tools if we want to make lasting progress against global diseases. Federal research funding is essential to making those tools a reality. Strong advocacy efforts can do a lot to convince policy makers to increase funding for such research. Families USA’s Global Health Initiative Resource Tool Kit gives advocates the information they need to effectively argue for research funding. The kit includes information on global infectious diseases and the role the U.S. government plays in researching those diseases; advocacy tips; and links to other resources, including links to our reports that show why research funding and global health matter to states as well.
We hope that you’ll find this Tool Kit helpful and use it to join the fight for increased global health research funding.
Global Health and Your State
Global health issues affect Americans, sometimes in surprising ways. Families USA's Global Health Initiative has just completed a series of 50 state-specific fact sheets, Why Does Global Health Matter to Your State? Take a look and find out how investing in global health benefits state economies, businesses, and residents' health.
New Report From Families USA
The World Can't Wait: More Funding Needed for Research on Neglected Infectious Diseases evaluates the U.S. government's commitment to research on eight neglected infectious diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, focusing on funding for the four major agencies that are engaged in this research (CDC, DOD, NIH, and USAID). The report includes several tables that break down this funding by disease, by agency, and by research category. (December 2008). Disease-specific fact sheets with more detailed information are also available.
Global Health Pipeline: News from Families USA's Global Health Initiative
The Global Health Pipeline is a bimonthly e-newsletter that includes update of news, policy, and events related to global health research. Click here for more.
Tell Us YOUR Global Health Story!
Have you lived or worked in a developing country? Have you witnessed the hardships and struggles of communities living with illness and without treatment? Or perhaps you fell ill while abroad? Whatever your global health story is, we want to know it.
Click here to tell us your story!
March 24 was World TB Day
Play the game and help us "Whack TB" once and for all.
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