GHTC joined a call-to-action letter from the Pandemic Action Network urging the president of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to kick off the process and set a date to host a UN high-level summit on global health security and pandemic prevention and preparedness.
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The House Appropriations Committee approved fiscal year 2022 (FY22) funding bills for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, which included increased funding levels for global health R&D programming and accompanying report language that reflected language submitted by GHTC.
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GHTC joined a letter from the Global Health Council to Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power requesting an audience with leaders of the global health community to discuss key community priorities.
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GHTC joined a community letter urging the chair and ranking member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to add tuberculosis (TB) to the list of eligible diseases for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program's (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program in fiscal year 2022.
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As chair of the Global Health Council's multilateral roundtable, GHTC joined a letter to the Biden administration requesting that key administration leaders meet with global health NGO leaders to discuss progress and gaps in the global COVID-19 response, including activities of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator.
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GHTC submitted written testimony to the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee urging them to sustain and protect global health R&D funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget.
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Global Health Council featured a blog co-authored by GHTC Multilateral Policy Officer Philip Kenol summarizing outcomes for the 74th World Health Assembly and G7 Summit.
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Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee acted last week to strengthen America’s leadership on global health security by introducing the International Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Response Act of 2021. Among many important elements, the bill includes authorization of U.S. participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and reiterates congressional intent for the U.S. Agency for International Development to make an “immediate contribution” of $300 million to CEPI from funding allocated for that purpose in the American Rescue Plan Act passed in March.
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