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KFF Tracker: America First MOU Bilateral Global Health Agreements

On September 18, 2025, the U.S. government released its new America First Global Health Strategy, which details how the U.S. will engage in global health efforts moving forward. As part of this new strategy, the U.S. has announced that it will be establishing bilateral health cooperation agreements with countries that receive U.S. global health assistance. This tracker provides an overview of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), between the U.S. and partner countries, signed to date. The tracker will be updated as needed.

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Foreign Aid and Global Health Spending

The Trump Administration’s Latest Expansion of the Mexico City Policy: A Funding Analysis

The Mexico City Policy: An Explainer

Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy

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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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Global Health Trackers

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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  • What Does the Public Know and Think About Zika?

    Feature

    This slideshow provides an aggregated summary of Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest poll findings on the Zika virus. Results include how much Americans know about the virus, how worried they are about it, and what role they believe the government should be playing to fight its spread.

  • The Status of Funding for Zika: Comparing the President’s Request and Congressional Proposals

    News Release

    Zika, a mosquito-transmitted infection that in pregnant women can cause microcephaly as well as other serious birth defects, has recently become a global challenge, and with the first cases of local transmission now reported in the U.S., a domestic one as well. No new funding for Zika has yet been appropriated by Congress. While the President requested emergency funding from Congress to address Zika last February, it has yet to approve any funding and its own…

  • Key Implementers of U.S. Global Health Efforts

    Issue Brief

    This brief provides an overview of the implementing organizations that received U.S. global health funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in FY 2015.

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2016

    Feature

    In advance of the 2016 presidential election, the August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll examines what health care issues voters would most like to hear the presidential candidates talk about during their campaigns and which candidate voters trust to do a better job of dealing with certain health care issues. In addition, the August Tracking Poll continues KFF’s analysis on attitudes related to the Zika virus outbreak as well as provides an update on attitudes towards…

  • The 2015-2016 Zika Outbreak

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    This infographic offers key facts about the Zika virus, tracks the increasing number of countries reporting local transmission over the past year, and breaks down how key U.S. government agencies are responding to Zika.

  • August 3 Event: Outcomes from the Durban International AIDS Conference

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    On August 3, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a briefing to assess the major outcomes of the 2016 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), held from July 18-22 in Durban, South Africa. The discussion touched on the latest scientific advancements, the current funding climate for HIV response, and other developments and contributions to the field emerging from the conference. Panelists included Chris Beyrer, Immediate Past President of the International AIDS Society;…

  • Financing the Response to HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: International Assistance from Donor Governments in 2015

    Report

    This report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in 2015, 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).

  • Kaiser/UNAIDS Study Finds Donor Government Funding for HIV Fell in 2015 for First Time in 5 Years

    News Release

    Donor government funding to support HIV efforts in low- and middle-income countries fell for the first time in five years in 2015, decreasing from US$8.6 billion in 2014 to US$7.5 billion, finds a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released in advance of the 2016 International AIDS Conference. Funding for HIV declined for 13 of 14 donor governments assessed in the analysis, in part due to…

  • House Appropriations Committee approves FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill and associated committee report, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department (see table below) comprising a significant portion of U.S. funding for global health (total funding for global health is not currently available as some funding provided through USAID and DoD is not yet available). Funding in the…

  • Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill on June 29, 2016, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department (see table below) comprising a significant portion of U.S. funding for global health (total funding for global health is not currently known as some funding provided through USAID, HHS, and DoD is not yet available). A press…