Supporting Innovative Global Health Technologies for Low-Resource Settings
This Act aims to improve global public health, especially in low-resource countries, by developing and implementing new health technologies. US citizens may benefit from enhanced health security and potentially lower healthcare costs due to global innovations. These investments also seek to prevent future pandemics and diseases that could affect everyone.
Key points
Establishes a Chief Innovation Officer for Health within USAID to coordinate health technology development.
Creates a Global Health Research and Development Advisory Council of experts to set priorities and objectives.
Introduces a grant program for non-governmental organizations to develop and implement health technologies in low-resource settings.
Establishes a separate budget line within USAID for global health research and development, ensuring funding transparency.
Status:
Expired
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