Jen Kates

Jen Kates is the Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health & HIV Policy at KFF in Washington, D.C. She oversees policy analysis and research focused on the U.S. government’s role in global health and on the global and domestic HIV epidemics. Widely regarded as an expert in the field, she is particularly known for her work analyzing donor government investments in global health; assessing and mapping the U.S. government’s global health architecture, programs, and funding; and tracking and analyzing major U.S. HIV programs and financing, and key trends in the HIV epidemic.

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Governance

PEPFAR Reauthorization on the Horizon

by Jen Kates, Kellie Moss

What could happen if the United States’ signature initiative on global health is not reauthorized

Young girls holding U.S. and Kenyan flags wait to greet U.S. Ambassador Robert Godec at a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) project for girls' empowerment in Nairobi on Mar 10, 2018. The photo shows four girls from the stomach down holding flags. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Gender

The U.S. Government’s Role in Addressing Global Women’s Health

by Jen Kates, Kellie Moss

What will happen to women and girls in low- and middle-income countries in the future as aid stalls and progress slows?