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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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  • Africa CDC: Its Evolution and Key Issues for its Future

    Issue Brief

    This Issue Brief reviews the history of Africa CDC, describing its structure, funding and operations to date, including U.S. government engagement, as well as challenges and opportunities for the institution moving forward.

  • Ebola Spreads amid Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and U.S. Role Remains Limited

    News Release

    A new KFF issue brief examines the international and U.S. response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now the second largest ever recorded, as authorities struggle to contain the virus’ spread amid violence in an active combat zone. Conflict in the Ebola-affected region has impeded the response from the start, but conditions worsened following the DRC’s contested national elections in December. The brief notes the limited U.S. role with restricted…

  • The U.S. Government Engagement in Global Health: A Primer

    Report

    This primer provides basic information about global health and U.S. government programs that address global health. The first several sections provide an overview of the field of global health and describe current global health issues. The subsequent sections describe U.S. government support for global health, from the programs the government supports, to the organization of the U.S. response, the budgets and financing of U.S. global health programs, and the U.S. government’s relationship with multilateral institutions…

  • COVID-19 & PEPFAR: Implications for the Future

    Issue Brief

    The potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to significantly affect the health and development of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, has serious implications for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This issue brief examines the steps PEPFAR has taken to respond to the outbreak and the issues at stake.

  • Sustainability Readiness in PEPFAR Countries

    Issue Brief

    This data note arrays and groups PEPFAR countries by their level of “sustainability readiness” in order to help inform discussions about PEPFAR’s work on sustainability,

  • Global Health Funding in the FY 2025 President’s Budget Request

    Fact Sheet

    President Biden released his FY 2025 Budget Request on March 11, 2024. Since FY 2024 appropriations have not been finalized yet, comparisons here are made to the FY 2023 enacted level. The budget 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).[i] Highlights include: Total funding would decline: Funding…

  • The Impending Catastrophe: A Resource Book on the Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

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    The Impending Catastrophe: A Resource Book on the Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic in South Africa Indications show that South Africa's 15-25 year olds are the most severely affected by the continuing spread of the HIV disease in that country. According to a report released May 11, 2000, by Abt Associates (South Africa) Inc., an international consulting firm, the rate of new infections among this group is as high as 60%, with young women being particularly vulnerable.…

  • AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic 1981-2002 – Supplement to the March/April 2004 issue of CJR

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    AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic 1981-2002 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…

  • Roundtable Meeting Held at the United Nations to Launch the Global Media AIDS Initiative

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    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Launches Global Media AIDS Initiative As part of the ongoing mobilisation of civil society in the fight against HIV/AIDS, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met on January 15, 2004 with leaders of some of the world’s leading media organizations to launch a Global Media AIDS Initiative. The Initiative aims to activate media organizations to reach the world’s people – especially youth - with information about how to prevent and treat HIV…

  • The G8, Russia’s Presidency and HIV/AIDS in Eurasia

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    This report -- coauthored by J. Stephen Morrison (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Jennifer Kates (Kaiser Family Foundation) -- highlights the potential role of the G8 in addressing the Eurasian HIV/AIDS epidemic and further engaging Russia, China and India in the global HIV/AIDS response. Report -- English Language (.pdf) Report -- Russian Language (.pdf)