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USAID's Education offices mainly assist the national school system, emphasizing broadening the coverage of quality basic education to reach the entire population. Examples of projects often assisted [citation needed] by Education offices are projects for curriculum development, teacher training, and provision of improved textbooks and materials ...
The allocations by the United States of over $110 billion, represents the largest investment ever made by any nation in a single disease. [5]The U.S. began funding global HIV initiatives in 1986, with efforts increasing substantially in 2003 with the launch of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by U.S. President George W. Bush, the largest program dedicated to a single ...
A ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, in the Palace of Nations (Geneva, Switzerland).. The following is a list of the major existing intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
Canada - Canadian International Development Agency (absorbed into Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development Canada, [8] now known as Global Affairs Canada [9]), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian Executive Services Organization [10] (CESO|SACO) Chile - Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Chile (AGCI)
The legislation also established the State Department Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator to oversee all international AIDS funding and programming. PEPFAR continues to be a cornerstone of U.S. global health efforts. On April 4, 2014, Ambassador Deborah L. Birx was sworn in as United States Global AIDS Coordinator. [12]
The Council maintains a global health Advocacy Hub [13] and coordinates the biennial publication of the Global Health Briefing Book. The most recent publication, titled Global Health Works: Maximizing U.S. Investments for Healthier and Stronger Communities, was released in 2017 for the 115th U.S. Congress. [14]
Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) are humanitarian initiatives that raise and disburse additional funds for infectious diseases – such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – for immunizations and for strengthening health systems in developing countries. GHIs classify a type of global initiative, which is defined as an organized effort ...
The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) is part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and was developed to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance to take advantage of windows of opportunity to build democracy and peace.