Blog Examines Obama Administration's Commitment to Global Health Technology R&D

"As the Administration's global health strategy continues to take shape, we hope that a strong commitment to researching and developing new global health technologies, such as an AIDS vaccine, will be front and center and clearly articulated in its Global Health Initiative," authors of a Huffington Post blog write to mark World AIDS Vaccine Day. The post references the Global Health Expansion, Access to Labor, Transparency and Harmonization Act, introduced by blog co-author Rep. Barbara Lee, (D-Calif.), which calls for the U.S. to develop "specific plans to improve research collaboration with countries receiving health-related United States foreign assistance." The bill also "stipulates that the U.S. provide 'support for developing indigenous research capacity' that will ultimately enable recipient countries 'to pursue their own research agenda,'" the blog notes (Berkley/Lee, 5/18).

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