The document summarizes ASTMH's advocacy activities from May to November 2013. It discusses their efforts to advocate for sustained funding for global health research at agencies like NIH, CDC, DoD, and USAID. It provides details on submitted testimonies and letters in support of these agencies. ASTMH also held advocacy events on Capitol Hill, including a briefing on neglected tropical diseases and a reception on Chagas disease. Their first "Hill Day" in November brought ASTMH members to meet with Congressional representatives. Looking ahead, ASTMH plans to continue advocating their message and engaging members in advocacy through increased participation in events like Hill Days.
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ASTMH Council Advocacy Update: Global Health Funding Priorities and Progress
1. ASTMH Council Advocacy Update
Jodie Curtis, Senior Government Relations Director
Erin Will Morton, Senior Government Relations Manager
2. What’s happening now?
Sequestration
- Everyone agrees it is a bad thing
- Many on both sides of the aisle want to get rid of it, but how?
Travel cuts
- Impacted by sequestration but separate and apart from sequestration
Government shutdown
- Negative impact on research
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4. ASTMH Advocacy: NIH
Submitted public testimony in June to the Senate Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee regarding fiscal
year 2014 requests for NIH
Sent letter to Secretary Sebelius requesting the participation of their employees
at the annual ASTMH meeting
Advocated for sustained global health R&D funding at NIH
ASTMH language about Fogarty Center’s work included Senate Appropriations
Report
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6. ASTMH Advocacy: CDC
Submitted public testimony in June to the Senate Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee regarding fiscal
year 2014 requests for CDC
Sent letter to Dr. Frieden requesting the participation of their employees at the
annual ASTMH meeting
Participated in coalition efforts to raise awareness of the importance of CDC’s
work in global health and infectious disease
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7. ASTMH Advocacy: DoD
Submitted public testimony in July to the Defense appropriations subcommittee
regarding fiscal year 2014 funding for R&D within the DoD
Sent letters to House and Senate Defense legislative assistants in honor of
World Malaria Day and requesting support for MIDRP, WRAIR, and NMRC
Letters to Army and Navy officials, requesting the participation of their
employees at the annual ASTMH meeting in November
Co-chair DoD advocacy working group (inside-the-beltway coalition)
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8. FY 14 House Report Language: DoD (in partnership with PATH &
GHTC)
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9. ASTMH Secondary Advocacy: USAID
Endorsed and advocated for H.R. 1515, the 21st Century Global Health
Technology Act
Participated in community advocacy efforts for USAID highlighting the
importance of R&D within each of USAID’s global health programs—especially
NTDs
Submitted report language in partnership with GHTC and DNDi that was
accepted in the FY 2014 Senate Appropriations Report
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10. FY 14 House Report Language: USAID NTD (in partnership with DNDi)
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11. Advocacy Case Study: First-Ever Congressional Hearing on NTDs –
How does an issue get traction?
Multi-year process
Peter Hotez elected ASTMH President and brings more attention of NTDs to policymakers
Council members do Hill visits and include NTDs as a topic
Drinker Biddle continues with Hill visits in DC
ASTMH cosponsors and ASTMH members speak at congressional briefings about NTDs
First-ever Congressional hearing on NTDs
- ASTMH supported House Foreign Affairs hearing on NTDs
- ASTMH advocacy laid the groundwork for hearing
- ASTMH actively engaged with Members of Congress and Hill staff at the hearing
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12. ASTMH Council Hill Day: May 6, 2013
Dave Walker
Alan Magill
Dan Bausch
Stephen Dobson
Kayla Laserson
Pat Walker
17 Congressional
Office Visits
12 Senate
5 House
8 Dem
9 Rep
Pete Zimmerman
Karen Goraleski
Jacci Schiff
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14. ASTMH moderated a Capitol Hill
briefing on the cholera epidemic in
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
47 Hill staff attended
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16. NTD briefing highlighting the need for USAID
investment in R&D in the current NTD program
Thank you letter to Reps. Bass (D-CA), and
Roybal-Allard (D-CA) for supporting the event
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17. ASTMH Thank-You Letters
Rep. Albio Sires (NJ-8) and Mario Diaz-Albert (FL-25) for introducing H.R. 1515, the ―21st
Century Global Health Technology Act‖
Rep. Christopher Smith (NJ-4) for convening the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global
Human Rights, and International Organizations’ hearing, ―Addressing the Neglected Diseases
Treatment Gap‖
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL-4) for sponsoring House Resolution 35, supporting the goals and
ideals of World Malaria Day and reaffirming US leadership and support for efforts to combat
malaria
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jim Inhofe (R-OK),
Mark Kirk (R-IL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barbara
Mikulski (D-MD), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for co-sponsoring of Senate Resolution 119
regarding World Malaria Day
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18. ASTMH Sign-on Letters
Letter to OMB Director thanking the administration for its continued support for
global health research and development programs and asking for funding to be
sustained at HHS, NIH, CDC, FDA, USAID, and DoD in FY 2015
Letter regarding the National Science Foundation’s merit review process and
addressing the concerns of shifting away from "scientific merit" as the ultimate
criteria for determining which science to fund
InterAction Global Health Briefing book sections on malaria and neglected
tropical diseases
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23. ASTMH Hill Day: Tuesday, November 12
First ever ASTMH ―Hill Day‖ with
general membership
12 members volunteered time to
advocate on the Hill
Global health community support
Training for advocates
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25. ASTMH Hill Day
17 Hill Meetings
- 11 Senate/6 House
- 12 Democrats/5 Republicans
―I hope you know how great and
important it is that you came to
Capitol Hill to do this. Folks up here
need to hear from real scientists.‖ Eric
in Senator Gillibrand’s (D-NY) office
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26. ASTMH Engagement – Next Steps
Increase CapWiz participation
Repeat our message
Continue to engage with the community on global health funding priorities
Advocate R&D message on the Hill and with the community
Hill meetings, testimony, and briefings must continue
Social media and advocacy
Continue to raise advocacy issues in the ASTMH newsletter and blog
Advocacy Webinars
Increase participation in Hill Days
Create a culture of advocacy within the Society
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