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the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), Feed the Future (FTF), and the Neglected Tropical Disease Initiative (NTD). The GHI also incorporates a broader set of government agencies through the GHI strategic council; however, the role of the strategic council in implementation is currently unclear. Before March 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the de facto leader of the GHI. In January 2012, Lois Quam was appointed executive director, and currently coordinates the GHI from her office. Within the State Department Quam oversees the GHI Operations Committee comprised of Dr. Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID; Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; and Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC. According to the December 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), control of the GHI is targeted for transfer to USAID by September 2012, but only after USAID meets a set of benchmarks that demonstrate its ability to lead the GHI. PEPFAR is the only exception to this consolidation and will remain under the OGAC. It is currently unclear what GHI leadership really means and whether USAID will assume this role. (GHI Mid-Term Review and a Way Forward. A Report of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program. http:// www.cgdev.org/files/1425914_file_NO_RS_ GHI_FINAL.pdf) 32 GAO Report to the Ranking Member, Sub- sensitive programs. Thus, for FY 2012, $225 million is the total request for nutrition for dedicated foreign assistance funds. Department of State, Executive Budget Summary, Function 150 & Other International Programs. FY 2013, Table 12k: Nutrition by Account - FY 2013. 37 Congressional Research Service, USAID Global Health Programs: FY2001-FY2012 Request, by Tiaji Salaam-Blyther, Specialist in Global Health. June 30, 2011. Accessed at http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/168103.pdf 38 The Global Health and Child Survival (GHCS) account has been renamed Global Health Programs (GHP). The first proviso notes that GHP shall be made available, among other longstanding items, for “training, equipment, and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health institutions and organizations in developing countries.” USAID Changes to Law Memo FY 2012. An Additional Help for ADS Chapters 200-203. Reference Issuance Date: 01/19/2012. http:// www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/200sbt.pdf 39 The three required nutrition-related indica- tors for all FTF countries are: 1) % Change Prevalence of stunted children under five years of age, 2) % Change Prevalence of wasted children under five years of age and 3) % Change Prevalence of underweight women. 40 For example, nutritional assistance implemented as part of PEPFAR or FTF is not broken out. committee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 41 http://www.state.g