Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and Development Activities at USAID
October 2010
USAID is the federal agency that enables the widespread use of game-changing interventions and breakthroughs to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods globally. In its early days, the Agency pioneered many important developments in the fields of health, agriculture, and education. In the 1960s, USAID funded smallpox eradication programs in 20 West and Central African countries, and the World Health Organization eventually adapted these interventions to eliminate small pox in Asia and the rest of Africa.
For the past five years, the Agency’s Research Report to Congress has reported on the leveraging of our resources, expertise, and partners to introduce affordable health products, policies, and practices to save lives in developing countries and countries in transition. The 2010 Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and Development Activities at USAID is the final annual update on the results of the Agency’s 2006–2010 health research strategy.
Tuberculosis
Health Systems Strengthening
Newborn Health
Maternal and Child Health
The second installment looked at how cost-effective tools and highly-effective interventions targeting specific complications of pregnancy and birth are being used to save the lives of mothers-to-be.
The first installment examined the transformative power of science, technology, and innovation, as well as the imperative of partnerships – between nations, disciplines, organizations, sectors, and people.
HIV/AIDS
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