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With the new omnibus bill, PEPFAR has been reauthorized until March 25, 2025, without the inclusion of any controversial provisions or changes related to abortion, sought by some. Still, while this latest step provides the program with some short-term certainty, including signaling bipartisan support (albeit limited), it marks a significant departure from PEPFAR’s past.
This fact sheet provides an updated overview of federal funding for HIV/AIDS, highlighting key domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs and comparisons over time.
Updated: March 25, 2024 On March 23, 2024, the President signed the second package of final FY 2024 appropriations bills, otherwise known as the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,” which was released by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on March 20, 2024, passed by the House on March 22, 2024 and passed by the Senate on March 23, 2024. The bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, U.S. Agency…
President Biden released his FY 2025 Budget Request on March 11, 2024. Since FY 2024 appropriations have not been finalized yet, comparisons here are made to the FY 2023 enacted level. The budget request includes discretionary funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[i] Highlights include: Total funding would decline: Funding…
With the depletion of the federal-purchased supply of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests following the end of the public health emergency, this resource provides an overview of the implications of these changes for access to people covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance, as well as those who are uninsured.
This fact sheet examines the U.S. government’s role in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) worldwide.
This issue brief analyzes how the new CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) workforce funding has been distributed across health departments in the U.S., and also jurisdictional plans for public health workforce hiring using funds from PHIG.
The House Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill on July 13, 2023 and accompanying report on November 3, 2023. The Labor HHS appropriations bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funding for global health research activities provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Total global health funding at…
The House approved its FY 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill on September 28, 2023 (the House Committee on Appropriations released the bill on June 22, 2023 and accompanying report on July 11, 2023). The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Funding for these programs, through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk…
This policy watch provides an overview of the current debate and key questions related to abortion surrounding the fourth reauthorization of PEPFAR.
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