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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus — "IOM Final Report on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health"

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5/21/2009 • Kaiser Family Foundation Broadcast Studio—Washington, D.C.

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During this live, interactive webcast, members of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) committee on the U.S. Commitment to Global Health discussed the committee's final report which concluded that the U.S. government and U.S.-based foundations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, and commercial entities have an opportunity to improve global health and provided specific recommendations for how these groups should proceed. The panel also discussed what the report results likely mean for the U.S. government’s response to global health.

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U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus , is a Kaiser Family Foundation studio webcast series devoted to discussing current and critical issues facing the U.S. Each live webcast features experts in the field tackling tough global health problems who will speak about the U.S. government’s role and answer questions from webcast viewers.

U.S. Global Health Policy: In Focus is a Kaiser Family Foundation studio webcast series devoted to discussing current and critical issues facing the U.S. Each session features experts in the field tackling tough global health problems who will speak about the U.S. government’s role and answer questions from webcast viewers.