Our deepest thanks to a profoundly important champion at GHC
By Kate Dodson, Global Health Council Board Chair To my fellow members of the Global Health Council community: As Chair of the Global Health Council Board of Directors, I am writing to you today with bittersweet news: after more than four years at the helm of Global Health Council, Loyce Pace has announced her resignation. Loyce…
Read MoreLetter from Loyce – a postscript: Passing the Torch, Keeping the Flame
Dearest members (and longtime friends), I will say the last part first. We are announcing today that I am stepping away from Global Health Council this month. It was not at all a decision I came to easily, but the pull to serve in a new capacity at such a critical moment was too strong…
Read MoreAdvocacy Updates ~ February 22, 2021
Congressional News COVID-19 emergency funds progressing through budget reconciliation After passing a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2021, Congress has continued to progress toward passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief proposal. Authorizing committees in the House have been marking up their individual bills. The House Committee on the Budget plans to mark up the…
Read MoreFive Influential Black Americans Who Helped Shape Global Health
By Anderson Alleyne, Communications Consultant, Global Health Council Throughout the years, Global Health Council has been lifting up Black voices in global health— most recently through the Black Voices YouTube Series, the 2020 virtual summit, and the Racial Justice in Global Health page—and will continue to do so. In honor of Black History Month, GHC…
Read MoreGlobal Health Briefing Book: A Practical Guide for Policymaking
By John Ariale, Principal, Husch Blackwell Strategies and Global Health Council Board Member Recently, Global Health Council’s President and Executive Director, Loyce Pace, shared her thoughts on the new 2021 Global Health Briefing Book (GHBB). Today, I want to share my own experience as someone who has benefited from this material in the past—and continues…
Read MoreMember Spotlight: VillageReach
Destined to Collaborate By Melissa West, Director, Advocacy & Communications, VillageReach I was finally able to trace our organization’s DNA when Mrs. Graça Machel came to Seattle to reconnect with her VillageReach “family.” Ma Machel was a VillageReach founding advisor and the inspiration to deliver lasting changes to health care for the under-reached. A force…
Read MoreLetter from Loyce: Crisis Meets Opportunity – A Call to Action for the New Congress
Dear colleagues in global health, It was early 2019 when Global Health Council last released our briefing book, a guide for new members of Congress and their staff outlining the most pressing issues in global health and opportunities for action. That was somewhat foreboding, given how we cautioned even then about the cost of inaction.…
Read MoreAdvocacy Updates ~ February 1, 2021
Congressional News The Honorable Barbara Lee to serve as House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chair for State and Foreign Operations Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) was announced as House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chair for State and Foreign Operations. Chairwoman Lee has a long history of engaging on global health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS, promoting the Sustainable Development Goals,…
Read MoreGHC Statement on Engagement with Non-State Actors at the 148th Session of the WHO Executive Board
The following statement from Global Health Council was submitted to the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board on Agenda Item 19.5: Report on the implementation of the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors. Global Health Council thanks the Executive Board for the opportunity to comment on the Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors. As…
Read MoreGHC Statement on WHO Reform at the 148th Session of the WHO Executive Board
The following statement—from Global Health Council, supported by The Hunger Project was submitted to the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board on Agenda Item 19.2: WHO reform: involvement of non-State actors in WHO’s governing bodies. We urge the WHO to not re-invent the wheel and to build on the decades of work by the…
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