The Future of Global Health Financing: Hope vs. Reality in the Push for Universal Health Coverage

The Future of Global Health Financing: Hope vs. Reality in the Push for Universal Health Coverage Today, starting at 9:30 a.m. ET, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the CSIS Global Health Policy Center will hold a policy roundtable in Washington, D.C. on the latest data on funding for global health, including from the U.S. government. It will open with a brief presentation by Joseph Dieleman of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on the annual Financing Global Health report, which this year includes new data on trends in HIV and malaria funding. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will deliver keynote remarks by remote video from Geneva on his vision to finance Universal Health Coverage. A roundtable conversation will feature: Chris Collins, president of Friends of the Global Fight; Jen Kates, vice president and director of Global Health & HIV Policy at KFF (moderator); Stephen Morrison, senior vice president and director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center; Christopher J.L. Murray, professor and director at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; and Loyce Pace, president and CEO of the Global Health Council. Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.

Contacts: Craig Palosky | (202) 347-5270 | cpalosky@kff.org Tiffany Ford Fields | (202) 347-5270 | tiffanyf@kff.org

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