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The U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) Links HIV/AIDS, family planning, maternal & child health, TB, malaria and NTDs Country-led Woman & girl centered Integrated and coordinatedTRANSCRIPT
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The U.S. Global Health Initiative:
Will it Guarantee Women’s and Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive
Rights?Serra Sippel, President
Center for Health and Gender Equity
(CHANGE)
XVIII International AIDS ConferenceVienna, Austria
July 18, 2010
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Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Changing U.S. foreign policy. Changing women’s lives.
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The U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI)
• Links HIV/AIDS, family planning, maternal & child health, TB, malaria and NTDs
• Country-led• Woman & girl
centered• Integrated and
coordinated
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U.S. Barriers to SRHR Remain
• Funding and Program Silos
• Funding restrictions• Abstinence and/or Be
faithful (AB) programs • Anti-Prostitution Loyalty
Oath (APLO)• Fragmented U.S.
advocacy & donor communities
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What You Can Do• Find out how the GHI
is being implemented in your country– Woman-centered?– Civil society
involvement?– Meaningful involvement
of women & youth living with HIV and AIDS?
– Integrated?
• Share information and speak out against U.S. policies and programs that don’t work in your country