Obama Budget Request Increases International Global Health Funding

President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal, which was released on Monday, would increase by 9% funding for global health issues, including reducing maternal and child mortality, the Wall Street Journal reports. The budget includes a total request for global health of $9.6 billion for HHS, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Defense…

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on February 3rd, 2010