U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Dr. Al Bartlett, Senior Advisor for Child Survival, Bureau for Global Health
USAID’s Bureau for Global Health supports field health programs, advances research and innovation in selected areas relevant to overall agency health objectives, and transfers new technologies to the field through its own staff work, coordination with other donors, and a portfolio of grants and contracts with an annual budget in excess of $1.6 billion. Dr. Bartlett, a pediatrician, has worked on child health programs in USAID/Washington since 1991. He previously worked in Guatemala with the Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. The following is from remarks made in the U.S….