DECEMBER 2010
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.
The report will be released over five weeks. The second installment of the 2010 Health Research Report to Congress is Maternal Health. Today, we look 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.
Maternal and Child Health
Download the MCH chapter of the report [PDF, 646KB].
Read the IMPACTblog posting by USAID's Deborah Armbruster – Maternal Death Preventable and Treatable with Low-Cost Interventions.
Learn more about USAID's MCH Programs.
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
Read the IMPACTblog posting by USAID Biologist Lee Claypool – Microbicide Gel Offers Protection Against HIV Transmission
Read FrontLines article Scientific Breakthrough Tips the Gender Scales in Women’s Favor - November 2010
Download the HIV/AIDS chapter of the report [PDF, 701KB].
Learn more about USAID's HIV/AIDS Programs
