TRANSPARENCY SCORE
TRANSPARENCY SCORE
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This is an average of the three domain scores below.
Congress
Congress received a 78 (C+) with transparency and an 80 (B-) without transparency in 2017. While it did not pass new legislation relevant to U.S. global health assistance, Congress appropriated funds across HIV and AIDS and Maternal and Child Health domains at slightly lower levels than in previous years.
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2017_Congress-Budget.pdf
HIV & AIDS
Congress received an 88 (B+) with transparency and a 90 (A-) without transparency for HIV and AIDS. While no significant legislation related to HIV and AIDS was passed or amended in 2017, Congress appropriated less funding for HIV and AIDS programs than previous years but has relatively high transparency in these funding data.
Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
Congress received a 77 (C+) with transparency and a 78 (C+) without transparency in Maternal and Child Health. While no significant legislation was passed related to Maternal and Child Health in 2017, Congress appropriated low funding for Maternal and Child Health programs and did not have full transparency in its maternal and child health funding information.
Family Planning (FP)
Congress received a 69 (D+) with transparency and a 72 (C) without transparency for Family Planning in 2017. There was no significant legislative action related to family planning and Congress appropriated less funding to UNFPA than it has in previous years. Congress did not have full transparency in its family planning policy and funding information.