11/9/2011 • Kaiser Family Foundation Broadcast Studio — Washington, D.C.

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On Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a live, interactive webcast to assess outcomes of the Cannes G-20 Summit meetings on infrastructure development, food security and innovative financing options for development and the implications for global health. The expert panel also discussed the current state of global health funding from donor countries, including the United States and European community, as well as a range of new financing mechanisms under consideration to supplement funding from traditional channels.

Panelists include:

• Katherine Bliss, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, CSIS Global Health Policy Center
• Deborah Derrick, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Policy and Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Josh Michaud, Principal Policy Analyst, Global Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
• Jennifer Kates (Moderator), Vice President and Director, Global Health & HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation

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Related Resources

• Donor Funding for Health in Low- & Middle-Income Countries
• Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Global Health: Overview & Considerations for U.S. Government Participation
• Budget Tracker: Status of U.S. Funding for Key Global Health Accounts
• The U.S. Government's Global Health Policy Architecture: Structure, Programs and Funding

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.