On April 24, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held hearings on the FY2014 budget request for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
President Barack Obama requested $1.571 billion for USAID in FY2014 (see FY2014 Budget Summary, 4/10/13). The president also requested funding for the following global health programs, among others:
With regard to global health programs, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah noted, “The FY2014 Global Health request supports our goals of creating an AIDS‐free generation, ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and protecting communities from infectious diseases. Across our global health portfolio, we are aligning our budgets to the areas of greatest need. Now, 90 percent of USAID bilateral maternal and child health funding is in the 24 USAID priority countries that account for three‐quarters of maternal and child deaths. The request supports the continuation and scale‐up of high‐impact HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment tools in pursuit of an AIDS‐free generation.”
