10 Key Facts About the U.S. Global Health Response
Provides ten key facts about the U.S. global health response, as it was before the Trump administration began.
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Congress Passes Full-Year Continuing Resolution Bill, Maintaining Global Health Funding at Prior Year Levels
Fact SheetOn March 15, 2025, the President signed a full-year “continuing resolution” (CR) that continues funding the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year. It maintains U.S. global health funding at the prior year (FY 2024) level ($10.8 billion).[i] The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, which was passed by the House on March 11, 2025 and the Senate on March 14, 2025, references relevant sections of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024…
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The Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Freeze and Global Health: The Biggest Gaps Left on the Donor Landscape
Issue BriefThis analysis examines the impacts of the Trump administration's foreign aid freeze on the donor landscape for global health, specifically highlighting the U.S.'s role in supporting global HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria efforts.
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The Outlook for PEPFAR in 2025 and Beyond
Policy WatchPEPFAR, the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program, is - for the first time in its two-decade history - facing significant challenges that could impede its ability to fulfill its mission. This policy brief provides an overview of recent events and ongoing challenges facing the program.
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How Much Global Health Funding Goes Through USAID?
Policy WatchThis analysis highlights USAID's role in global health and shows that the agency provided the vast majority of the nation's global health assistance for other countries in 2023 (about $6.2 billion or 73% of the total bilateral global health funding that year).
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U.S. Global Health Budget Figures
Issue BriefThese figures provide a general overview of U.S. funding for global health.
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Water Fluoridation in the U.S.: The Federal Role in Policy and Practice
Issue BriefThis Issue Brief reviews the federal role in setting U.S. water fluoridation policies, discusses current federal recommendations for water fluoridation, and summarizes the extent of water fluoridation across U.S. states.
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Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2023
ReportThis report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address family planning in low- and middle-income countries in 2023, which totaled US$1.47 billion, and was an increase of 7% (US$101 million) compared to the 2022 amount (US$1.37 billion); although, it was still below the peak level reached in 2019 (US$1.58 billion). The overall increase was due to increased bilateral funding from most donor governments; multilateral funding (contributions to UNFPA’s core resources) declined slightly.
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The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Fact SheetThis updated fact sheet examines the U.S. role in the Global Fund, an independent, multilateral financing entity that raises significant new resources to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria in low- and middle- income countries.
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The Ground Has Shifted Under PEPFAR: What Does That Mean for Its Future?
PerspectiveIn this viewpoint article in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, KFF's Jennifer Kates and co-authors Brian Honermann and Gregorio Millett of amfAR explore the implications of shifts in the global economic and political environment for the future of PEPFAR, the U.S government's global HIV program created under President George W. Bush and credited with changing the trajectory of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.