Global Pulse Blog

For a look at the US government’s role in improving global maternal, newborn, and child health check out the Kaiser Family Foundation’s recently released report entitled “The U.S. Government’s Efforts to Address Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: The Global Health Initiative and Beyond.” The report discusses US efforts towards improving child and maternal health including the recently heightened focus placed on these issues by the Administration’s Global Health Initiative. It provides a detailed overview of the U.S. government’s response thus far, looks at U.S. funding trends for maternal and child health, examines international and domestic agencies’ activities related to maternal and child health, explores U.S. participation in international multilateral efforts and identifies key policy issues surrounding the future of the U.S. involvement in such health issues.

A related webcast and fact sheets on maternal and child health and family planning are also available.