During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to take the lead at the G-8, the group of eight leading industrialized countries, to work with and leverage "the private sector and private philanthropy to launch Health Infrastructure 2020 – a global effort to work with developing countries to invest in the full range of infrastructure needed to improve and protect both American and global health."

Perhaps the administration is working on this project behind the scenes, but we were unable to find any public references to progress on this initiative in searches using Whitehouse.gov, Google or Nexis.

On global health more generally, the administration has provided additional funding. For instance, the amount budgeted through the State Department and the Agency for International Development for Global Health and Child Survival is set to increase from almost $7.1 billion in fiscal year 2009 to $7.7 billion in fiscal year 2010, according to the appropriations bill signed by the president in December.

Despite this, Obama's specific promise on a G-8-led effort to boost health infrastructure across the globe appears to be Stalled.