As 2017 ends, we share some key global health events, milestones and highlights from the past 12 months of our efforts at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prevent child and maternal deaths, control the HIV/AIDS epidemic and combat infectious diseases.
U.S. President's Malaria Initiative Expands USAID Administrator Mark Green announced the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) will launch new country programs in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger and Sierra Leone and expand the existing program in Burkina Faso. Read more. Prioritizing Our Shared Global Health Security The risks posed by outbreaks of infectious disease are not new, but in our interconnected world, they are intensifying. Read more. Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge In 2017, Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge innovator Baylor College of Medicine deployed their Emergency Smart Pod to ELWA Hospital in Liberia. Read more. Unprecedented Global Crises 2017 was marked by complex and challenging humanitarian emergencies across the globe that further destabilized our world and eroded hard-won health gains. Read more. Acting on the Call Summit The 2017 Acting on the Call Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for mothers and children hosted by the governments of Ethiopia and India gathered participants from 24 countries to demonstrate global commitment and continued momentum toward improving child and maternal health. Read more. Global Health Supply Chain Delays in the delivery of drugs and health commodities like HIV tests and treatments, reproductive health supplies and malaria medicines challenged the start of a new global supply chain program. Read more. Malaria Progress Slows, Reverses in Some Cases Although substantial progress in scaling up malaria control interventions continues, progress on reducing malaria cases and deaths has slowed and in some countries, reversed, according to the 2017 World Malaria Report. Read more. Cambodia and Laos Eliminate Trachoma Cambodia and Laos became only the fourth and fifth endemic countries globally to have eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Read more. Drug Donation Program Marks a Decade 2017 marked a decade of partnership between USAID and several pharmaceutical companies that have given more than $15.7 billion worth of life-changing drugs free of charge to countries where USAID is supporting mass treatment campaigns. Read more. Antimicrobial Resistance Concerns Grow While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem, low- and middle-income countries are particularly at risk as local health systems are often ill-equipped to address the major complications associated with resistant infections or the multidimensional drivers which cause them. Read more. Development Impact Bond As economies of developing countries grow, governments are better able to finance development programs. USAID is embracing different forms of innovative financing, including leveraging private investment and applying non-traditional approaches to finance the achievement of our goals in global health. Read more. More Countries Access Health Insurance Community-based health insurance, like the Mutuelles in Senegal or Mituweli in Rwanda, are examples of effective health financing that pools resources and risks across a community to provide health services according to people's needs rather than to their individual capacity to pay for them. Read more. New HIV Diagnoses Decline in Girls and Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa This year marked the end of the initial two-year DREAMS Partnership under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Read more. | 
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