Investing in people: Implication's of the U.S. government's foreign assistance reform on core global health programs

The U.S. government's approach to foreign assistance is being revised. Under the framework of 'transformational diplomacy,' the way that the U.S. engages in the developing world is changing, including how it delivers core global health programs. Many in the global health community have expressed concerns about the impact of this new approach on core global health programs. Will an attempt to achieve greater flexibility at the country level mean less money for health? Will health dollars be shifted to other health programs or other sectors totally? How will health dollars be tracked? Why are some programs, such as global AIDS, exempt from this new approach? This presentation will review developments to date on the foreign assistance reform, explore the implications on core global health programming and identify opportunities to retain the integrity of global health programming under this new paradigm.