1/5/2012 • The Barbara Jordan Conference Center – Washington, D.C

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On January 5, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a briefing to explore the Department's role in global health and its Global Health Strategy. The event featured opening remarks by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, followed by a panel discussion examining the goals and objectives of the new strategy and how it relates to other components of the U.S. global health response. Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation, moderated.

Panelists included Nils Daulaire, Director of the Office of Global Affairs at HHS; Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID; Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA; Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine; and Jen Kates, Vice President and Director of Global Health and HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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