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Donor Government Funding for HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2025

This report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in 2025, the latest year available, as well as trends over time. It includes both bilateral funding from donors and their multilateral contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), UNITAID, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

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Global Health Aid Cuts

This collection of resources chronicles what recent Trump administration global health aid cuts mean for the future of global health programs and the people who rely on them.

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The U.S. Government and Global Health

In this Health Policy 101 chapter, investigate the U.S. role in global health, including the major initiatives the United States supports, funding levels, and agencies involved in implementing program area efforts.

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U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker

This tracker provides regularly updated information on U.S. government funding for global health. It includes historical trends and tracks funding levels for U.S. global health efforts through bilateral and multilateral contributions and by program area and agency.

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  • A National Household Survey of Health Inequalities in South Africa (2 volumes) – Toplines/Survey

    Poll Finding

    A National Household Survey of Health Inequalities in South Africa (2 volumes) The first democratically elected government in South Africa has made improving health and health services for the historically underserved black majority a national priority. As part of this process, in June 1995, the Minister of Health, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, outlined a plan designed to provide free primary health care to all South Africans. This plan aims to improve the health status of…

  • AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic 1981 – 2002 – Methodology Report

    Poll Finding

    The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with Princeton Survey Research Associates, conducted a comprehensive examination of media coverage of HIV/AIDS from 1981 to 2002. The study investigates the volume of HIV/AIDS coverage over time and key events, domestic versus international focus of coverage, the portrayal of affected populations, story topics, the tone of the media coverage, the length and placement of the coverage, and the consumer education component. The methodology report from this study is…

  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: HIV/AIDS

    Issue Brief

    HIV/AIDS Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: HIV/AIDS. IssueBackgroundPolicy Challenges Facing the Response to HIV/AIDSAssessing Candidate Positions Issue HIV/AIDS is a critical issue to many who may have questions for candidates concerning their positions on the U.S. response to the epidemic at home and abroad. The U.S. is faced with numerous challenges in addressing the epidemic, including: funding levels for global and domestic HIV/AIDS efforts; differing approaches to prevention, care,…

  • The U.S. Government’s Efforts to Address Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: The Global Health Initiative and Beyond

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    This report examines the U.S. role in improving global maternal, newborn, and child health, including the heightened focus placed on these issues by the Administration’s Global Health Initiative. It provides an overview of international efforts and a detailed look at the U.S. government’s response to date, reviews U.S. funding trends for maternal and child health, U.S. agencies’ related activities, the contribution of key U.S. global health efforts, and U.S. participation in international multilateral efforts. It…

  • Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, Part One: Global HIV/AIDS – Toplines

    Poll Finding

    These survey findings of Americans’ views on global HIV/AIDS are part of Kaiser’s national “Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS,” conducted in spring 2004. Other portions of the national survey will be released this summer. This portion of the survey explores such issues as foreign aid, general knowledge about the global epidemic and the role of the United States, as well as which individuals are associated with the fight against global HIV/AIDS and where Americans get…

  • House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2020 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

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    The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2020 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bill (and accompanying report) on May 16, 2019. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).[i] Funding for these programs, through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health assistance, totaled $9.3 billion, an increase of $459 million above the FY 2019…

  • Ask KFF: Josh Michaud Answers 3 Questions on the Coronavirus and U.S. Response

    Issue Brief

    This weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed more U.S. cases of the latest international outbreak – coronavirus – which started in Wuhan, China. Josh Michaud, an Associate Director for Global Health Policy at KFF, offers perspective on the U.S. role and how response to this outbreak compares to others, such as SARS and the Ebola epidemic.

  • Testimony: The U.S. Government Role in Women’s Global Health and Key Challenges

    Issue Brief

    Jennifer Kates, Senior Vice President and Director of KFF’s Global Health & HIV Policy program, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs as part of a hearing on Unique Challenges Women Face in Global Health. Her testimony describes the role of the U.S. government in women’s global health and highlights challenges and opportunities to strengthen these efforts.

  • U.S. Government Funding for HIV/AIDS in Resource Poor Settings

    Issue Brief

    This updated policy brief examines federal funding for the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a primary emphasis on funding and activities that benefit resource poor countries. United States funding for international HIV/AIDS activities in resource poor countries began in the mid-1980s; and in FY 2003, the U.S. Congress appropriated close to $1.5 billion globally. Issue Brief (.pdf)