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  • White House Releases FY 2023 Budget Request

    Fact Sheet

    President Biden released the FY 2023 budget request to Congress on March 28, 2022. The 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). In addition, the request includes newly proposed mandatory funding for pandemic preparedness activities. Key highlights for the known amounts are as follows (see tables for…

  • New KFF Analysis Finds That the U.S. Government Does Not Currently Have Enough Vaccine Doses to Fully Cover Every American with a 4th Dose

    News Release

    With funding for additional COVID-19 support at a stalemate in Congress, a new KFF analysis looks at potential scenarios that United States might face if a 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose is recommended to the public. The analysis finds that the U.S. government does not have enough funding to purchase vaccine doses remaining to fully cover the population under any of the predicted scenarios. If 4th doses are authorized and recommended for all ages, there will…

  • Are There Enough COVID-19 Vaccines for America Without More Funding?

    Issue Brief

    This Data Note estimates how far the current U.S. supply of COVID-19 vaccines could stretch under different vaccination and booster scenarios. While estimated U.S. COVID-19 vaccine supply needs vary widely depending on assumptions and how many people choose to get vaccinated, this analysis indicates that under a plausible set of scenarios where 4th doses are recommended, the federal government is unlikely to have enough doses already purchased to cover the U.S. population.

  • Global Health Funding in the FY 2022 Omnibus

    Fact Sheet

    The FY 2022 omnibus appropriations bill (and accompanying reports), released by Congress on March 9, 2022 and yet to be finalized, includes 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] Key highlights from the FY22 omnibus appropriations bill are as follows (see table for additional detail): State Department & USAID: Funding…

  • Economic Impact of COVID-19 on PEPFAR Countries

    Issue Brief

    The COVID-19 has exacted a significant toll on the global economy. This new analysis looks at the economic impacts in PEPFAR countries finding that these countries generally fared worse than their economic and regional peers. In addition, the projected economic growth in these countries remains below pre-pandemic levels.

  • Update on COVID-19 Vaccination of 5-11 Year Olds in the U.S.

    Issue Brief

    This piece provides an analysis of COVID-19 vaccination rates among 5-11 year-old children across the states. Overall, we find wide variation in share of children who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine across the states.

  • The Helms Amendment and Abortion Laws in Countries Receiving U.S. Global Health Assistance

    Issue Brief

    This brief examines abortion laws in countries that received certain U.S. foreign assistance to better understand the implications of the Helms Amendment (which prohibits the use of foreign assistance to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortion) for abortion access globally.