NEWS FLASH TODAY: June 19, 2015 Featured GHC News | GHC Events | Global Health Roundup | Advocacy Save the Date |Member Spotlight | Join GHC Rember to check out GHC's website -- globalhealth.org -- for event and news updates! July is Family Planning and Reproductive Health Month at GHC. If you or your organization is interested in submitting a blog to be featured on GHC's website relating to this topic or other areas of interest, please contact our team.
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The call for applications for the 2015 GHC-GBCHealth Business Action on Health Awards has been extended. These awards highlight the important and innovative contributions of the corporate sector to improving global health outcomes. Corporations and their NGO partners are encouraged to apply. Extended deadline: June 30.
Upcoming GHC Events
GHC is an exhibitor at InterAction's Forum 2015 next week (June 22-24). The Forum provides a unique opportunity for the leadership of NGOs, governments, philanthropy, corporations, and civil society to engage and forge common solutions to improve the lives of the world's poor and marginalized. Stop by GHC's booth (T9) to learn how to contribute your voice to the global health community. . The GHC Salon returns to DC this month! Come to Cities Restaurant and Lounge on June 30from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM to meet new global health colleagues and catch up with old ones. Register here.
Global Health Roundup
Last week, USAID, the World Bank and WHO hosted the Measurement and Accountability for Health Summit in Washington, DC. During the three day meeting, The Roadmap for Health Measurement and Accountability and the 5-Point Call to Action were both released. These documents provide the support for ensuring effective measurement and accountability systems in country-led global health programming. GHC, in partnership with
CHESTRAD International and Action for Global Health, released a civil society statementcalling for clearly defined measurement and accountability mechanisms and for meaningful engagement of civil society in these mechanisms. . The Middle East Institute's full-day conference, "Cut Off from Care," on June 25 in Washington, DC, will reflect on the extraordinary policy challenges posed by the health care crisis of displaced populations in the Middle East. The discussions in and around this high-level event should energize and inform efforts by donor governments and other contributors in emergency response and in the rebuilding of health systems. Register here. . A new WHO and World Bank Group report, "Tracking universal health coverage," shows that 400 million people do not have access to essential health services and 6% of population tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending. Read thepress release.
Advocacy Update
FY16 Appropriations Update: On June 11, the House Appropriations Committee passed the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations (SFOPs) bill for fiscal year 2016 (FY16). Overall funding for global health is flat compared to FY15 enacted levels. Family planning and reproductive health is capped at $461 million which is the FY08 enacted level and a reduction of $150 million from FY15. The full House could vote on the SFOPs bill before the July 4th recess, but it has yet to be scheduled for floor consideration. Detailed funding chart available here.
Save the Date: Upcoming Events in the Community . GSO General Assembly: 2015 Challenges and Opportunities June 23 Geneva, Switzerland Webinar: Harmful Use of Alcohol June 23 How USAID's 50 Years of Family Planning has Transformed People, Economies, and the Planet June 26 Washington, DC More upcoming events here
Member Spotlight: The International HIV/AIDS Alliance exists for one reason - to end AIDS through community action, an ambitious but realistic vision. They are building knowledge, mobilising people, inspiring leadership and allowing all voices to play significant roles in the response to HIV. Their experience shows that together we can achieve more impact. Mission: To work with communities through local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.
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