VIDEO: It’s Time to Listen
The CSIS Global Health Policy Center produced this video during a visit to Zambia in April 2016. It profiles four young Zambian women who describe the stark [...]
Accra’s Kayayei
Since the 1980s, adolescent girls and young women have migrated from Ghana’s three northern regions to Accra and other large cities to search for better economic [...]
Task Force member Asma Lateef Interviewed on NPR
Task Force member Asma Lateef is interviewed along with Roger Thurow, author of “The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—And The World,” on [...]
Missed Opportunities on Nutrition in Zambia
In April, I was privileged to travel to Zambia with the CSIS Task Force on Women’s and Family Health. The trip’s focus was the role, benefits, and [...]
Improving Newborn health in Ghana
On a recent trip to Ghana with representatives of the CSIS Task Force on Women's and Family Health, I had a chance to visit La General [...]
2016 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health
Click on the below link to explore a series of analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The 2016 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role [...]
U.S. Government Funding for Women’s and Family Health
Click on the below titles to explore a series of analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation. U.S. Government Funding for Women and Family [...]
Why Africa’s HIV crisis continues to devastate young women
Mary, who is 24 but looks barely 18, has already experienced more than enough betrayal for any lifetime. Shyly but deliberately, she told of feeling sick at 16 and being [...]
Report: Transitioning from Gavi Support
This report examines options for U.S. Engagement in Central America. Since 2000, the United States government has been a strong partner of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, [...]