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Global Health Advocacy: From Palo Alto to Nyamirama

Global Health Advocacy: From Palo Alto to Nyamirama. What is Political Advocacy?. Rep. Jim Nussle. Why is Advocacy Important.

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Global Health Advocacy: From Palo Alto to Nyamirama

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  1. Global Health Advocacy: From Palo Alto to Nyamirama

  2. What is Political Advocacy?

  3. Rep. Jim Nussle

  4. Why is Advocacy Important “Each of the great social achievements of recent decades has come about not because of government proclamations, but because people organized, made demands, and made it good politics for governments to respond. It is the political will of the people that makes and sustains the political will of governments.” --James Grant, Former Executive Director of UNICEF

  5. Global Health Advocacy

  6. Global Health Funding History • Pre-2002: Not much • 2002: Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB, Malaria • 2003: PEPFAR • 2009: Global Health Initiative • 2011: FACE AIDS Does Advocacy!

  7. Major Global Health Funders

  8. $750

  9. The Global Health Initiative

  10. U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI), Proposed Funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Malaria, & Other Global Health Priorities, FY 2009-2014 In Billions PEPFAR & Malaria$51(81%) Other Global Health Priorities$12(19%) Total = $63 billion Source: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the Office of Management and Budget, Agency Congressional Budget Justifications prepared by individual agencies, Congressional Appropriations Bills, and White House Statement by the President on Global Health Initiative. Also see: Kates J, The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Overview & Budget Analysis, Menlo Park: Kaiser Family Foundation, December 2009.

  11. Current Global Health Funding Situation

  12. AIDS Treatment: Meeting the Need

  13. What’s Happening in the US?

  14. Advocate for Change

  15. Opponent Supporter Level of Influence B-rock Obama Religious Institutions FACE AIDS? Hilary Clinton UNAIDS Global Fund Paul Ryan Tea Party WHO Paul Kagame PIH John Boehner Abbott Red Cross PEPFAR (No condoms?) Pharm Companies Paul Farmer Tom Harkin Rwandan Defense Forces ONE Campaign Bill Easterly??? RRP+ Nationalists/Conservative Extremists Rwandan Youth AIDS Denialists National AIDS Control Commission

  16. Advocacy tools • Mobilize other students on campus • Talk with your Congresspeople • Meet face to face at home or in DC • Write letters • Call • Write for your local and/or school newspaper • #Occupy

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