Morning Briefing

"As the World Economic Forum kicks off this week in Davos, Switzerland, the importance of global health -- and the health of the globe -- is getting special attention," Karl Hofmann, president and CEO of Population Services International (PSI), writes in this post in The Hill's "Congress Blog." He continues, "The world's still massive bottom of the economic pyramid -- some 2-3 billion people -- represents a potential $5 trillion in purchasing power," but without access to "quality health care and services, ... their global economic impact suffers. Imagine if by simple investments in health, we turned these struggling individuals and families into healthy, active consumers and producers."