HHS Version of Draft Outline for the Surgeon Generals Call to Action on Global Health

July 30, 2007 Representative Henry Waxman presented this document as evidence that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exerted political pressure to influence the Office of the Surgeon General. This report is a draft, according to Representative Waxman, written in 2005 and meant to be used as the outline of a Surgeon General report on global health. This draft differs from the actual Surgeon General's report which has not been officially published. The differences include: More references to President George W. Bush   Discussions of the United States' military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan   Omissions of . . .