Global Health and the Future Role of the United States (2017) / Chapter Skim
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2 Investing in Global Health for America
2 Investing in Global Health for America
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Yet, at the same time, the spread of urbanization, the speed of global travel and the movement of goods, increased consumption of animal protein, and climate change have facilitated the emergence and rapid spread of infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) , Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV)
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. In the past decade, many countries that have historically received foreign aid have begun experiencing economic growth and rising middle classes.
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around the world is a strong justification for health and scientific partnerships that can lead to shared solutions to common problems. Many aid-recipient countries suffer from similar health burdens to those in the United States, such as hypertension, cancer, poor maternal health, or depression.
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In its analysis of the global health budget, the Kaiser Family Foundation noted that Congress has approved higher funding levels for global health than those in the President's budget request for each of the past 4 fiscal years. However, whether that trend will continue is unclear.
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Global Health Spending The American public approves of the United States taking a leading or major role in solving international problems, as revealed by a 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation survey of Americans on the United States's role in global
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. While the United States contributes greatly 5 Global health spending as a percent of the budget was calculated by using 2016 enacted global health funding ($10.2 billion)
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. NOTE: DAC = Development Assistance Committee; GNI = gross national income; ODA = overseas development aid; UN = United Nations.
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Leveraging Globalization for Improved Global Health Despite the increase in risks of food security, air pollution, and infectious disease outbreaks, globalization has driven innovation for the health and business sectors. Increased international trade leads to global competition, which improves the quality of products and enhances the focus on the customers, creating markets in previously inaccessible places.
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. Additionally, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created a grant program in 2015 that funds organizations to gather evidence from other countries to improve community participation and decision making in local health systems, and then bring and adapt these findings to United States (RWJF, 2015)
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With 17 goals and 169 targets, the Sustainable Development Agenda is too large for any one entity to successfully address and requires a multisectoral effort. To ensure success, government bodies, along with financial institutions, capital markets, and private companies, will need to be engaged in bringing the Sustainable Development Agenda to fruition.
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Bilateral aid gives donors more control over how their money is spent, and it allows donor countries to align development assistance with broader strategic foreign policy objectives. Conversely, multi lateral channels can sometimes achieve more impact -- especially in areas where problems cannot be solved by any one country alone -- because of their broad reach and networks.
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NOTES: Aid is defined as development assistance and other official flows reported to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee. World Bank aid figures include both concessional and nonconcessional commitments by the International Development Association and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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commitment toward unfished agendas such as communicable diseases includng HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, and long-term investments in i m aternal and child health. Domestic Resource Mobilization Recent growth projections from the International Monetary Fund show an increase of 3.5 percent globally in 2017, slightly lower than previous estimates but still showing a recovery trend worldwide.
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. THE UNITED STATES AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN As many common global health challenges have coalesced over the past decade, including the growing burden of NCDs and potentially pandemic infectious disease outbreaks, several international agreements have been put into effect, committing political efforts and support toward improving health and life for all.
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2017. Financing Global Health 2016: Development Assistance, Public and Private Health Spending for the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage.
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2016. The sustainable development agenda.
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:946-953. WEF (World Economic Forum)
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