Helene D. Gayle Testifies Before Congress on Maternal Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 18, 2007) - Helene D. Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, testified before the Senate Committee on Appropriations today during a hearing on maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health. Though her testimony affirmed the important progress the United States has made in improving maternal and child health worldwide, Dr. Gayle stated that "CARE's experience in poor communities strongly supports both the need for increased investment of resources, and better use of those resources" in improvements to public health care.

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For the past 61 years, CARE has worked across a spectrum of poverty-fighting arenas — from child survival to clean water, and from basic education to HIV/AIDS. We believe that poor health and extreme poverty are intertwined, and that one cannot be overcome if the other is neglected. That is why we work on a broad range of health issues, including maternal and child health, infectious diseases, ranging from HIV/AIDS to avian influenza and reproductive health.