Initiatives & Partnerships

The initiatives and partnerships below work together to impact public health issues at national and international levels.

Topics on this page:

• Initiatives
• Global Partnerships

Initiatives

• The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
  The Office of Global Health Affairs coordinates the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' activities under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI)
  The GHSI was formed in October 2001 and provides a global forum for high-level discussion around, and the coordination of, public health emergency preparedness and response policies.
• Afghanistan Health Initiative (AHI)
  The Afghanistan Health Initiative (AHI) focuses on the Rabia Balkhi Hospital to implement processes and systems designed to strengthen hospital management and leadership, to develop culturally appropriate training programs for physicians, midwives and other health providers in the hospital and to improve health outcomes for mothers and newborns.

Global Partnerships

General

• 10/24/2008—World Health Organization Announces On-Line Training on Revised International Health Regulations
• GAVI Alliance:

  http://www.gavialliance.org/index.php

  
  A public-private partnership works to ensure that children around the world have access to vaccines.
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
  This international organization funds interventions against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Country-Specific

• U.S.-India Cooperation in Health and Biomedical Research:

  http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/fs/2006/62716.htm

  (U.S. Department of State)
  Fact sheet about how the United States and India are working together to fight diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and polio.
• U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission:

  http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/mx/c10787.htm

  (U.S. Department of State)
  View information and happenings relating to this high-level dialogue forum between the U.S. and Mexico.
• United States-México Border Health Commission
  A partnership to improve the health and living conditions of the U.S.-Mexico border region.
• Russia–Biotechnology Engagement Program (BTEP):

  http://www.btep.net/

  The program supports teams of U.S. and former Russian health workers to address urgent public health issues in Russia and Eurasia.

Last revised: May 11, 2010