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American Public Health Association Applauds House Passage Of Climate Change Bill
The American Public Health Association (APHA) applauds the House for today passing a comprehensive climate change bill that includes important provisions to protect the health of the public.
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House Approves Spending Bill Allowing D.C. To Use Locally Raised Funds For Abortion Services
The House on Thursday voted 219-208 to approve a fiscal year 2010 Financial Services spending bill (HR 3170), which includes a provision reversing a long-standing congressional ban on allowing Washington, D.C., to use locally derived revenue to fund or subsidize abortion services, the AP/Washington Post reports (AP/Washington Post, 7/17). The measure maintains a ban on using federal funds for abortion services in the district.According to CQ Today, Thursday"s vote followed a "lengthy and sometimes heated debate" marked by Republicans and some moderate Democrats" dissatisfaction with a rule restricting amendments. The House voted 216-213 to approve the rule, which allowed 17 amendments but excluded any on the D.C. abortion funding provision (Clarke, CQ Today, 7/16).
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Strengthening The Foundation Of Social Security
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:00 pm ET, to examine the current Social Security benefit structure, and how to strengthen and reform the program for future beneficiaries. The committee will hear from witnesses on reform ideas and how to meet our retiree and disabled citizens" needs. Today, one-third of Americans 65 years and older depend on Social Security benefits to supply 90 percent of their total income.
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Yale And Tsinghua University To Develop Healthcare Leadership In China

As part of its continuing engagement in global health issues, Yale University"s Global Health Leadership Institute is partnering with Tsinghua University to launch a four-year leadership development program in healthcare management for women in China. The effort is part of the 10,000 Women initiative, a program launched by Goldman Sachs to provide business and management education to women around the world. The program is based on research from Goldman Sachs, the World Bank, and others which found that investments in women can lead to significant economic and social returns. The "10,000 Women, Certificate Program in Healthcare Management" was formed to help women healthcare managers and officials in China gain the knowledge, skills and networks necessary to become leaders in improving the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the Chinese healthcare system. The program also provides an ideal setting to understand the impact of the enormous health reform being undertaken by China in this decade. "10,000 Women is intended to meet the unique needs of individual markets," said Dina Habib Powell, managing director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs. "We are fortunate to be working with partners like Tsinghua and Yale who are collaborating to improve the quality of healthcare management in China." A Yale team led by School of Public Health Professor Elizabeth Bradley will visit China in late July to learn more about the healthcare delivery system there and refine the program goals and curriculum. "The capacity to manage health facilities well is a cornerstone of healthcare reform. We hope to build the core skills of implementation that, if not properly fostered, can be the downfall of well-intentioned reforms," said Bradley. As part of the visit, Tsinghua University is planning an opening ceremony in Beijing, on July 31. Professor Lei Xue of Tsinghua University, co-chair of the program, said, "This is the first time there has been collaboration between top universities in China and the U.S. in the field of advanced training for rural healthcare administrators. As a result, we are still researching the best practices - for example, the curriculum design and project selection and design for the participants. We look forward to setting up standards for the advanced healthcare administrators" education in China." Over four years, the program will train 500 Chinese women healthcare managers and officials. The first four-month session of classes will begin in November, 2009. For more information on the Global Health Leadership Institute, log on to http://www.yale.edu/ghli. For more information on the 10,000 Women program at Goldman Sachs, log on to http://www.10000women.org. Links Global Health Leadership Institute Goldman Sachs Yale University


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