The Global Health Council worked with experts to develop this Global Health Opportunities report, designed to be a straightforward, understandable presentation of the state of global health expenditures and investment needs. The report looks at child health, women's health, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. It also considers food as a health intervention. The Global Health Opportunities report highlights priorities for improving health in the world's economically poorest communities; identifies possible 'best buys' for addressing these priorities effectively and at a reasonable cost; lays out the global resources needed from all sources; and, identifies concrete investments that the United States could make.

Each chapter in the report describes the health topic in eight brief sections, including:

• an overview of the thematic area;
• attempts to identify best buys among interventions;
• global resource needs in the thematic area;
• estimates of current donor expenditures;
• scenarios to move current investments closer to needed levels;
• programmatic challenges;
• international policy actions and opportunities; and
• U.S. policy actions and legistative opportunities.