The Foreign Assistance Program is designed to support long term economic growth and the foreign policy objectives of the United States.

The program is provided through the Agency for International Development (US AID). US AID is an independent government agency providing humanitarian and economic assistance to more than one hundred countries.

There are a number of examples of projects that have funded through the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program.

• The program allowed the African Medical & Research School in Kenya to procure commodities to upgrade its training facility.
  
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  The Mulanje Mission Hospital in Malawi was able to construct a private healthcare ward, procure furniture, medical and computer equipment
  
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  Wilberforce Institute in South Africa constructed, equipped and furnished a multi-purpose community development center
  
• The Nancy Fulwood Hospital in Pakistan was able to procure medical diagnostic equipment, heart monitoring equipment and furniture
  
• American Farm School in Greece renovated existing dormitories
  
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  The University of the Valley in Guatemala was able to construct telecommunications laboratory, renovate math and science laboratories, procure file servers, desktop computers and scanners
  

  
  
  American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program
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  American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program
  Much of the international aid provided by the United States government goes to support education and healthcare efforts around the world. Many of these programs are design to encourage the spread of American values to other countries.
  

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  Identifying Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants
  The National Institutes of Health has formed a partnership with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to establish a program that aims to Identify Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease-Causing Variants.
  

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  Department of Human Health and Services: Family Planning Services Grant
  OPHS has recently announced the availability of funding opportunities for the establishment and implementation of voluntary family planning service projects.
  

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  Leadership Group for a Clinical Research Network on Antibacterial Resistance Program
  In line with this mission, the National Institutes of Health has collaborated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in an attempt to establish the Leadership Group for a Clinical Research Network on Antibacterial Resistance Program.
  

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