Danielle Doughman
Danielle Doughman is the ACTION Deputy Director. Prior to joining RESULTS, she was the program Manager for Global Health R&D Advocacy at Research!America, an alliance to make research for health a higher national priority. Previously, Danielle was a fellow in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Healthcare Quality, where she worked on the National Initiative for the Elimination of Healthcare-Associated Infections. Danielle completed field work with the Pan American Health Organization in Guatemala and later with Primeros Pasos clinic, also in Guatemala. Before returning to graduate school to pursue global health, she worked for a decade in disability policy and advocacy at the state and federal levels and as a social worker with the homeless in metropolitan Atlanta. Danielle holds a Master of Science in Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health. She earned her undergraduate degree from Emory University. ddoughman@results.org
Blog posts by Danielle Doughman:
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ACTION shares 7 principles that we would like to see guide the development of post-2015 development goals. Let us know what you think! Read more
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The United Nations is driving progress to replace the current Millennium Development Goals with a new post-2015 agenda for international development. ACTION unpacks the process, who's involved, and how you can engage. Read more
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Neglected diseases like TB account for 10.5 percent of the global disease burden, yet between 2000 and 2011, only 3.8 percent of newly-approved drugs were for TB and other neglected infections. Read more
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If we in the TB community do a better job of modeling inclusive language like the disability community has been doing for years, others will follow our lead. Read more
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At the Union World Conference on Lung Health, bureaucrats and activists alike are calling for “bold targets and policies” on tuberculosis. Read more
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To bring attention to the need for increased investment in research and development for tuberculosis, ACTION, in partnership with TB Alliance and Aeras, is hosting a free, public session at the 2012 International AIDS Conference, called Saving Lives Through Research & Development: Developing Better Technologies to Address TB/HIV. Global Village’s TB-HIV Networking Zone, Exhibit Hall C, Booth #64, International AIDS Conference, Washington Conference Center, Washington, D.C. Read more
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The message from global health heroes at both the RESULTS International Conference and the International AIDS Conference (IAC), overlapping today in Washington, D.C. is clear: the progress on HIV/AIDS has been spurred in a meaningful way by the loud voices of strong advocates. "We need advocates to push us very hard." Read more