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February 2011
GHTC director responds to speech by USAID head
February 16, 2011 -- Kaitlin Christenson, coalition director for the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC), responds to a recent speech by Rajiv Shah—administrator for the US Agency for International Development (USAID)—in a new piece on the Modernizing Foreign Assistance (MFAN) blog. In the piece, Christenson calls USAID to release more details on “new mechanisms to measure whether these new global health initiatives are actually working through the development of goals and strategies, a center of excellence, and an annual accountability review of global health technology.” Christenson also writes that “US agencies that oversee scientific research need to work well together. Shah and other leaders should now hold a series of public meetings on this new ambitious, coordinated research agenda—an agenda that not only attacks the world’s most deadly diseases but also unleashes innovation from a national treasure: Our scientists at work.” See the links below for more details.
