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This 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).
The more important question, though, is not whether USAID sits in the State Department or remains independent, but what functions it does and does not perform (and will be kept), and more broadly, as a result, what the United States role in the world is.
This policy watch provides an overview of the Trump administration's executive order to pause all foreign aid programs, including for global health, and related actions to date.
As expected, President Trump signed an executive order announcing his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. For the U.S., the implications [aren’t] clear and immediate but could also be significant. By not being at the table, the U.S. will cede this role to others—China in particular—and take itself out of influencing international negotiations.
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