tailieunhanh - USAID Global Health Programs: FY2001-FY2012 Request

The aim of the strategy is to improve through optimal feeding, the nutritional status, health, growth and development and thus the survival of infants and young children. The objectives of the strategy are: To raise awareness of the main problems facing IYCF, identify approaches to their solution and provide a framework for essential interventions. To create an environment that will enable mothers, families and other caregivers in all circumstances to make and implement informed choices about optimal feeding practices for infants and young children National infant Feeding Steering Committee (NIFSC) to increase commitment of governments, international organizations and other concerned parties for optimal feeding practices of infants. | USAID Global Health Programs FY2001-FY2012 Request Tiaji Salaam-Blyther Specialist in Global Health June 30 2011 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 RS22913 CRS Report for Congress------------- Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress USAID Global Health Programs FY2001-FY2012 Request Summary A number of . agencies and departments implement . government global health interventions. The . Agency for International Development USAID plays a particularly central role. The agency is responsible for coordinating two important presidential health initiatives the President s Malaria Initiative PMI and the Neglected Tropical Diseases NTD Program. USAID serves as an implementing agency of the largest . global health program the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR and is set to assume leadership over the Global Health Initiative GHI in September 2012 presuming it meets a set of benchmarks related to management capacity as outlined in the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review . In addition Congress appropriates the most funds to USAID for global health efforts excluding provisions for presidential health initiatives which are carried out by several agencies including USAID. Congress appropriates funds to USAID for global health activities through five main budget lines Child Survival and Maternal Health CS MH Vulnerable Children VC HIV AIDS Other Infectious Diseases OID and Family Planning and Reproductive Health FP RH . From FY2001 through FY2010 Congress appropriated nearly 20 billion to USAID for global health programs including contributions to the United Nations Children s Fund UNICEF and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Malaria and Tuberculosis Global Fund . From FY2001 through FY2010 the greatest budgetary growth was aimed at fighting infectious diseases mainly malaria tuberculosis TB and pandemic influenza. President Barack Obama indicated early in his Administration that global health is a priority and that his .