Press Releases, Newsletters, and Speeches

Press Releases

2009

• U.S. Help For Maternal, Child Health Assured - 10/01/09
• USAID Expands Program to Improve Maternal and Child Health to Hissor - 08/19/09
• USAID Gives Fistula Victims a Chance to Rebuild their Lives - 06/30/09
• USAID Commemorates Day of the African Child; Launches Two Decades Report on Child Survival and
  Maternal Health – 06/16/09
• U.S. Contributes $75 Million for Childhood Immunization – 06/04/09
• Statement by President Obama on the Global Health Initiative - 05/05/09
• Students Discuss Safe Motherhood Programs at a USAID-Supported Conference - 04/06/09 [PDF, 16KB]
• Major Milestone Reached in Global Maternal Health - 03/25/09
• Distinguished Speakers Recognize International Women's Day at USAID - 03/10/09
• USAID Hosts Rep. McCollum for International Women's Day - 03/09/09
• Health Centers in Albania to Practice Family Medicine - 01/29/09

News

2009

• Announcing Winners of the Half the Sky Contest – 10/02/09
  
• Mothers of Ethiopia Part III: Battling Pregnancy Complications – 10/01/09

2008

• The 2008 Humanitarian of the Year has Advanced Health Care for Yemen’s Women through USAID-Funded Project - 05/08

2007

• USAID Awards Fistula Care - 12/07
  USAID announces the award of Fistula Care, a $70 million, five-year Associate Cooperative Agreement to EngenderHealth and its partners that will build on the successes of the ACQUIRE Project.
  
  
• Visit the New Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Web Site
  The new site, www.basics.org, is an excellent resource for locating and downloading publications, reviewing project activities, and keeping up-to-date on critical issues in child survival.  Begun in 1994 and now in its third 5-year cycle, BASICS serves as the USAID Bureau for Global Health’s lead technical assistance partner in developing and implementing newborn and child survival strategies. The project is funded by USAID and implemented by the Partnership for Child Health Care, Inc.  The Partnership is comprised of the Academy for Educational Development, John Snow, Inc., and Management Sciences for Health. Subcontractors include the Manoff Group, Inc., the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, and Save the Children Federation, Inc.
  

Newsletters

• Global Health News
  This bimonthly e-newsletter, along with periodic e-mail updates, provides subscribers with the latest news, developments, speeches, and resources from USAID's Bureau for Global Health.
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Speeches

2009

• Remarks by Gloria Steele, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, at the Day of the African Child
  Event – 06/16/09
  

2008

• Testimony of Dr. Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, before the House Africa and Global Health Subcommittee - 03/13/08
  "USAID's Child Survival and Maternal Health Program"
  
  
• Remarks by Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, at the Launch of the Lancet's Series on Maternal and Child Under-Nutrition - 01/16/08

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