RECORDING: Aging in Place: The Care Challenge
In this talk, Professor Ann Forsyth explores how the built environment can support older adults who wish to remain in their homes and communities as they age.
RECORDING: U.S. Global Health Funding: Breaking Down the Budget
This timely conversation examines how major U.S.-backed global health programs like PEPFAR, PMI, and the Global Fund are navigating rising political and fiscal pressures. Speakers assess key vulnerabilities, operational challenges, and what’s needed to sustain U.S. leadership in global health and humanitarian response.
Featuring:
- Angeli Achrekar, MPH, PhD, Deputy Executive Director of the Programme Branch, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
- J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Moderator: Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Faculty Director, Harvard Global Health Institute
Key Points
- What’s at stake with current U.S. global health funding
- Debunking myths about past investments in global health
- Accountability, efficiency, and smarter spending
- Recent funding cuts and their impact on communities
- U.S. role in Africa CDC, AU, and global health governance
- How Global Fund, Gavi, and others are responding
- Risks of losing data systems and how to sustain them
- Getting the public more engaged in global health
- What’s next: reform, country ownership, and geopolitics
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RECORDING: Rethinking American Indian Mental Health Services: Explorations in Alter-Native Psy-ence
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