U.S. Department of State and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reconvene High-Level Dialogue on America First Global Health Strategy
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently convened their second annual high-level dialogue on the America First Global Health Strategy. This event, titled “One Year On: Progress, Partnerships, and the Path Forward,” took place on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) in New York. The dialogue brought together Ministers of Health, senior U.S. government officials, and private sector executives to review the strategy's implementation milestones, evaluate public-private partnership models, and discuss country ownership and co-investment in global health. Brad Smith, Senior Advisor for Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, highlighted significant progress, including 35 bilateral agreements with countries committing to increase their domestic health spending by over $10 billion. Varnee Murugan, Vice President of Global Health Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, emp...
