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S 2407 113th Congress Senate International Affairs Child health Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief HIV/AIDS Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical research Nutrition and diet Research and development U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Women's health World health

21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Introduced: May 22, 2014 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish within the Health and Infectious Diseases and Nutrition Section of the Global Health Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a program to develop technologies designed to: (1) improve the health and nutrition of populations in developing countries; (2) reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in such countries; and (3) improve the diagnosis, prevention, and reduction of disease, especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases in such countries.

States that such program shall be carried out under a cooperative agreement between USAID and one or more institutions with a successful record of advancing the technologies described in this Act and integrating practical field experience into the research and development process.

States that USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact shall continue its work to speed the development, introduction, and scale-up of priority global health interventions.

Directs USAID to report annually to Congress for four years on USAID research and development activities.

What's happening now May 22, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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