November 30, 2018 Issue No. 22 As AIDS Day Approaches, House and Senate Pass PEPFAR Reauthorization With a bill that is short and sweet, the House and Senate voted to reauthorize PEPFAR through 2023. Vice President Pence gives PEPFAR a ringing endorsement. As a Dec. 7...
Read MoreUnited Nations General Assembly goers focus on Sustainable Development Goals and celebrate the 15th anniversary of PEPFAR. President Trump’s speech ignores the global health efforts of the U.S., but the U.N. places a high-level emphasis on tuberculosis. Pew survey shows a decline in U.S....
Read MoreIssue No. 20 Meeting the Challenges to Global Health: From China to Africa to Capitol Hill China pushes ahead with development strategy in Africa, holding its third summit for African government chiefs in Beijing. First Lady Peng hosts first spouses in an HIV/AIDS forum. A key USAID...
Read MoreIn the February 9th, 2017 edition of the New York Times, former Senate Majority Leader and co-chair of Strategic Health Diplomacy Bill Frist, MD, made the case for PEPFAR....
Read MoreUS News and World Report opinion editorial by former Senate Majority Leaders Daschle and Frist: "At a time when many Americans are frustrated with government and partisan politics, we should remind them about one of the great accomplishments of a generation: an ongoing initiative launched by a...
Read MoreToday the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted the Conference on Strategic Health Diplomacy at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The Conference launched the BPC's report The Case for Strategic Health Diplomacy: A Study of PEPFAR (The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), which was co-authored by former Senate...
Read MoreRead Senator Bill Frist's op-ed in Forbes discussing his story to recognizing the value of global health interventions as a tool to build peace: "There are few illnesses in modern history that have caused the destruction to society, family, and socioeconomic stability as HIV and AIDS. ...
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On Monday, October 19th the Harvard Kennedy School's Future of Diplomacy Project hosted a panel discussion highlighting Strategic Health Diplomacy. Moderated by Ambassador Nicholas Burns, leader of the Future of Diplomacy Project at HKS and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, participants in...
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On June 17, 2015, a panel discussion featuring Sir Richard Feachem, founding Executive Director of the Global Fund, former Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, Stanford development economist Pascaline Dupas, and former Deputy National Security Advisor Mark Pfeifle was held at the University of Californa...
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The Strategic Health Diplomacy movement was launched at a Salon Dinner in Washington on March 17, 2015. Convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and hosted by its co-founder Senator Tom Daschle, the dinner was a discussion focused on the bipartisan successes of PEPFAR and potential...
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