Ep. 43 Dr. Alma Golden, former USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health: Trump II USAID Global Health Priorities

Dr. Alma Golden, former USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, joins Mike Shanley to discuss Trump II USAID funding priorities, what will be similar and different than Trump I, opportunities for new partners, and USAID and global health overall.

RESOURCES:

• Contact Dr. Alma Golden at agolden@theiwh.org
• Women's Optimal Health Framework The Women's Optimal Health Framework - The Institute For Women's Health
• Who We Are — PROSAMI DRC Midwifery Centers
• WOHF PDF Health Across the Lifespan
• Country Roadmaps | USAID
• WOHF PDF: Community Health Worker
• WOHF PDF: Emotional and Mental Health
• WOHF PDF: Healthy Marriage and Family Relationships
• WOHF PDF: Families and Children in Crisis
• WOHF PDF: Adolescent Reproductive and Relationship Health
• acquirefrontline.org Africa Consortium for Quality Improvement Research
• Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH)
• New Partnerships Initiative | Work with USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development
• 2020 Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement | Faith and Opportunity Initiatives | U.S. Agency for International Development

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Alma Golden is a pediatrician who currently serves as COO and Director of Global Health for the Institutes for Women's Health. Previously she served as the Senate-Confirmed Presidential Appointee to lead the Bureau for Global Health in the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, DC. In that role, she oversaw the USAID Global Health response to the COVID pandemic, directed the Offices of Maternal and Child Health, HIV/ AIDS, as well as other critical health programs.

Previously (2002-2006) she served under President George W. Bush in Health and Human Services leading the Office of Population Affairs which included adolescent health, teen pregnancy, abstinence education, and family planning. She has been instrumental in developing evidence-based guidance and research related to adolescent health risks, parenting, and training of medical and education professionals.

Her career has included private pediatrics, indigent health services, academic medicine (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and Texas A&M University), healthcare administration, adolescent health, and national and international public health policy. She began her professional career as a 7th grade Life Science teacher before entering medicine and has remained active in education as well as medicine. Dr. Golden is a proud grandmother and active in her community and church.

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