recommendations for the public and private sectors /
First Statement of Responsibility
Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academies Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xix, 278 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (chiefly color), color map
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Scale up existing interventions to achieve significant health gains -- Generate and share knowledge to address health problems endemic to the global poor -- Invest in people, institutions, and capacity building with global partners -- Increase U.S. financial commitments to global health -- Set the example of respectful partnership -- Call to action -- A. Statement of task -- B. Committee biographies -- C. Public committee meeting agendas -- D. Working group meeting agendas -- E. Commissioned paper: IOM Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Global Health Governance Report / by Lawrence Gostin and Emily Mok -- F. Commissioned paper: Sharing knowledge for global health / by Anthony D. So and Evan Stewart.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The U.S. Commitment to Global Health examines ways in which the United States could contribute to advances in global health, including the following four areas of action: Generate and share knowledge to address problems endemic to poor countries, Invest in people, institutions, and capacity building in resource-poor settings, Increase both quantity and quality of U.S. financial commitments to global health, Be a respectful partner and leader.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
U.S. commitment to global health.
International Standard Book Number
9780309138215
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
United States commitment to global health
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
World health-- Government policy-- United States.
Financing, Government-- United States.
Public Policy-- United States.
World Health-- United States.
HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS-- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL-- Diseases.
MEDICAL-- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL-- Health Policy.
MEDICAL-- Public Health.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
HEA-- 028000
HEA-- 039000
MED-- 022000
MED-- 035000
MED-- 036000
MED-- 078000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
362
.
1
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA441
Book number
.
I57
2009eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
WA
530
AA1
Book Number
U58
2009
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health.