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Report: Public-Private Partnerships for Women’s Health in Zambia
Zambia is a lower-middle-income country struggling with critical health challenges, including high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, malnutrition, cervical cancer, and a severe HIV/AIDS...
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Report: Healthy Experiments
In May 2016, a delegation from the CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health traveled to Ghana to examine U.S.-Ghana bilateral cooperation on reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health...
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Task Force Member Christy Turlington in New York Times
The medical-legal, hospital and insurance barriers that are out of sync with women’s needs contribute to the United States’ high maternal mortality rate. The country has systemic barriers that put...
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Using Incentives to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s largest nation by population, has some of the worst maternal health indicators in the world. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) stands at 576 per 100,000 live births (Demographic and...
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Lancet Series on Maternal Health
“Ending preventable maternal and child death is an admirable goal that we can all be proud of….But we need to get to a place as a country where we view this goal with the same commitment and...
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Imperiling Progress
With each passing week, the political unrest and repression in Ethiopia is attracting new levels of global attention: from Feyisa Lilesa’s protest sign at the Rio Olympics in August, to recent clashes...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Nutrition
Malnutrition contributes to half of all child deaths under 5 globally. Malnourished children who do not receive essential nutrients during the first 1,000 days from conception to their second...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Family Planning
Family planning is a highly effective and often undervalued global health tool. It is widely recognized that better access to family planning in developing countries generates better health and...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Immunizations
U.S. leadership and funding for global immunization efforts have accelerated over the past 15 years. The returns have been substantial. U.S. efforts—primarily through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance—have...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Maternal and Child Health
The United States continues to be the largest bilateral donor in the field of global maternal and child health (MCH) —especially child health—and has expanded its investment in this area under the...
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Using Incentives to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s largest nation by population, has some of the worst maternal health indicators in the world. The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) stands at 576 per 100,000 live births (Demographic and...
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Lancet Series on Maternal Health
“Ending preventable maternal and child death is an admirable goal that we can all be proud of….But we need to get to a place as a country where we view this goal with the same commitment and...
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Imperiling Progress
With each passing week, the political unrest and repression in Ethiopia is attracting new levels of global attention: from Feyisa Lilesa’s protest sign at the Rio Olympics in August, to recent clashes...
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CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health Report Launch
In October 2015, we embarked on this effort in the belief that there is an exceptional opportunity – and pressing need – for U.S. leadership in this critical area. The Task Force, featuring 26...
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Video: Christy Turlington Burns outlines Task Force’s Final Proposal
The proposal provides a feasible, cost-effective, and forward-looking platform that Americans across the political spectrum have consistently supported and builds on the record of longstanding global...
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Report: Her Health, Her Lifetime, Our World
The Task Force has generated a bold vision for a major U.S. initiative by the Trump administration to unlock the potential of adolescent girls and young women in select low-income countries. It is a...
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Task Force Members Rep. Donovan and Rep. Quigley in The Hill
We are calling today for a dynamic U.S. initiative led by the Trump administration and Congress to unlock the potential of adolescent girls and young women in 13 low-income partner countries that...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Family Planning
Family planning is a highly effective and often undervalued global health tool. It is widely recognized that better access to family planning in developing countries generates better health and...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Immunizations
U.S. leadership and funding for global immunization efforts have accelerated over the past 15 years. The returns have been substantial. U.S. efforts—primarily through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance—have...
View ArticleSectoral Study: Maternal and Child Health
The United States continues to be the largest bilateral donor in the field of global maternal and child health (MCH) —especially child health—and has expanded its investment in this area under the...
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