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U.S. Committed to Strenghten Global Health

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice today underscored that United States remains committed to strengthen global health.

On World Health Day, Ms. Rice reiterated that the world is compelled to care for the vulnerable and tend to the sick.

At the United Nations, the American government works on the critical issues daily to save lives and address the conditions that make the world more just and conflict less likely.

According to Ms. Rice, in just six months since the MDG Summit, the United States has pledged historic commitments to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. It has supported an important new initiative at the UN to address non-communicable diseases - from cancer to heart and lung disease to diabetes.

U.S. have renewed its focus on maternal and child health. It has worked to eradicate the last vestiges of polio in Asia and Africa.

"We have expanded our understanding of autism through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And we have driven reforms in the way we disburse resources, recognizing that we are ultimately measured not by the dollars we spend but by the lives we save."-Ms. Rice

Ms. Rice concluded that the international community must always view the fight to strengthen global health as a moral calling and a vital national interest in the pursuit of a world that is safer, more prosperous, and more just.

Source: U.S. Department of State