Global Health
Every two minutes, a woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. Women in developing countries have fifteen times the risk of dying than women in the developed world. These deaths are further complicated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in some countries. I am committed to ensuring that all women have access to family planning methods.
I am an advocate for America's continued commitment to serving as the world leader in HIV/AIDS research and being the largest funder of global HIV/AIDS programs in the world. Increasing access to contraceptive services and increasing women's access to HIV/AIDS prevention around the world will reduce maternal deaths worldwide and allow women to play a vital role in advancing the economies of developing countries.
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My dear friend, Dr. Paul Farmer, transformed the lives of millions of marginalized people around the world, bringing them health care, justice, and dignity. To honor his vision for realizing global health equity, I, alongside my colleagues Reps. Barbara Lee and Raul Ruiz, introduced the Dr. Paul Farmer Memorial Resolution. This resolution lays out a 21st century global health strategy that proposes significantly increasing global health aid to $125 billion per year, reforming aid to focus on building national health systems, and putting an end to the exploitation of impoverished countries.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) introduced the Dr. Paul Farmer Memorial Resolution, to honor Dr. Farmer's staggering life and legacy and lay out his extraordinary vision for realizing global health equity.
WASHINGTON – Today, Consumer Protection & Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) issued the following joint statement calling on the Biden Administration to expand global vaccine access in hopes of putting an end to the COVID-19 pandemic:
I have been urging my colleagues to join me in asking President Biden to agree to a TRIPS Waiver in the World Trade Organization. Big Pharma is seeing COVID-19 and the vaccines as a money maker, even after the American taxpayers funded their research and development of these vaccines. We need to make sure many poorer and less developed nations have access to the vaccines our companies have created and giving them the ability to produce their own doses.
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Today I gave an opening statment on a call with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch in support of the WTO waiver.
EVANSTON - Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Providers and Clinics Task Force, released the following statement on the 48th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision: