Trackingโ U.S. global Health Funding: โฃA โคLook Back at FY2014 Budget Developments
Washington,โฃ D.C. โ – A series of โขlegislative actions and โขpresidential requests in 2013โฃ and 2014 shaped the landscape of U.S. โขfunding for global health initiatives,โฃ according toโค summariesโข trackedโข by theโฃ Kaiser Family Foundation โข(KFF). These developments, ranging from initial budget requests to final appropriations, offer a detailedโค timeline ofโ the financialโข commitments made during thatโฃ period.
Understanding these historicalโฃ funding levels is crucial as policymakers โand global health stakeholders โฃcurrently navigate evolving health challenges and budgetary constraints.โ Theโค FY2014โ process provides a benchmark for assessing current funding priorities and anticipating future shifts in resource allocation,impacting programs addressing HIV/AIDS,malaria,tuberculosis,maternal and โchild health,and โother critical global health needs.
The process beganโ with โthe White House releasing its FY2014 โbudget request on April 10, 2013, followed by a more detailed fact sheet on U.S. funding for global health on Mayโ 23, 2013. Legislative bodiesโ then โbegan their work. The Senateโ appropriations Committee first approved the FY 2014 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Billโค on July 25, 2013, and subsequently approved the FY14 Health & Human Services Appropriations Bill on July 11, 2013. Mirroring this activity, the House Appropriations Committee โฃapproved the FY 2014โฃ State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill on july 24, 2013.
The culmination of โthese efforts arrived with theโข releaseโ of the FY14 Omnibus Appropriations Act โฃonโฃ January 13,2014,representing the final enacted โfunding levels for theโ fiscal year.KFF’s โsummaries provide links to โคfurther โdetails on โฃeach of these key stages in theโฃ budgetโค process.