The U.S. government and private foundations have dedicated significant
funding toward improving the wellness of global citizens, both in
monetary contributions and research. What is, and what should be, the
relationship of these investments to U.S. foreign policy? How do we
decide where to spend valuable resources? What other factors affect
global health, well being and economic development? In our
interconnected world these issues affect our peace, stability and
security. In a unique partnership with CARE, we will examine what we
know about global health and development, what we are learning, and to
whose benefit.
Bio
Dr. Helene Gayle
As president and CEO of CARE, Helene D. Gayle is responsible for providing overall leadership, management, and direction to one of the world's premier international relief and development organizations.
With programs in some seventy countries, CARE helps people in poor communities expand the control they have over their own lives to advance positive, enduring social change. CARE helps millions of people recover from natural disasters and other acute emergencies, prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and gain access to healthcare, nutrition, education, safe water, and improved sanitation.
Dr. Gayle also served as the AIDS coordinator and chief of the HIV/AIDS division for the US Agency for International Development (USAID). She has served as a health consultant to international agencies including the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank and UNAIDS and has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. She also served as the director of CDC's Washington Office.
Prior to assuming her current position, Gayle was the director of the HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Program for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Gayle has published numerous articles on public health, especially related to HIV/AIDS, and has received many awards for her scientific and public health contributions.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist, having worked with CNN, NPR, and PBS. She was the first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. She is also the author of the autobiography In My Place, which reflects on African American life in the 1940s and 50s and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.
Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997. She had joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent. In 1989, she was also the correspondent for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' five-part series, "Learning in America."
During her tenure at the NewsHour, she won two Emmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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