Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a special adviser at the White House Office of Management and Budget, recently visited Senegal, Ethiopia, and Mozambique. He wanted to personally observe whether or not these recipients of the funds from the Global Health Initiative (GHI) were having a significant impact in these three countries.

The New Republic is featuring some of Emanuel’s notes from the field in a multi-part series.  This series hopes to provide readers with views from all sides of how the President’s Global Health Initiative will impact countries. Here at End the Neglect, we will follow the series closely and highlight it as it unfolds.

In the first installment that came out today, Emanuel states that improving maternal and child health would in turn address the big diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. He also makes the case for global health funding. Read the article in its entirety here.