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America First and Global Health Reform

Coverage of the America First Global Health Strategy and new debates about global health reform

An HIV patient places her hand on her forehead during a visit by a caregiver at her home, in Lusaka, Zambia, on April 17, 2012.
Governance

As Defunded HIV Programs Thin, Uneven Resilience Emerges

by mike Reid, Jirair Ratevosian

The latest data for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief shows how HIV programs are scaling back on epidemic control

Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026
Governance

Transforming the Global Health Ecosystem for a Healthier World in 2026

by Muhammad Ali Pate, Donald Kaberuka, Peter Piot

African health and finance officials, along with the former executive director of UNAIDS, offer 10 considerations for global health reform initiatives

Governance

One Year Post-USAID, Global Health Funding Stuck in Limbo 

by Allison Krugman
A map of where the United States cut health aid in 2025.
Governance

Global Health Reform for Communities Beyond Institutions

by Eric Fleutelot
Community health workers prepare vaccines for a measles vaccination drive amid a surge in cases, in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, on February 25, 2026.
Governance

The New America First Global Health Strategy: Four Observations

by Stephanie Psaki, Prashant Yadav, Elena Every, Thomas J. Bollyky
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in Washington DC, on June 21, 2025.
Governance

Sovereignty vs. Multilateralism Is the Wrong Debate in Global Health

by Vanessa Kerry
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau shakes hands with African Union Commission Chair Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at the African Union headquarters, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 28, 2026.
Governance

Global Health Multilateralism Without the United States: What Comes Next?

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger
President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock speaks during a high-level meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025
Governance

America First in Global Health: How Africa Should Respond

by Ebere Okereke
Scientific officer Anathi Nkayi works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in Cape Town, South Africa February 17, 2025.
Governance

The Global Health Reform Debate's Dangerous Blindspot 

by Philippe Duneton
A worker displays a plastic test cassette for HIV 1/2 at Codix Bio production plant where HIV and Malaria test kits are locally produced, as it aims to fill the gap left by U.S. funding cuts to USAID, in Iperu-Remo in Ogun State, Nigeria, on June 18, 2025.
Governance

Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy

by Jennifer Kates, Debbie Stenoien, Michael Ruffner, Allyala Nandakumar
A nurse administers polio vaccine to a child during her community outreach program, in Mushelusi village, in Bulambuli district, Uganda, on September 10, 2025.
Governance

The Overlooked Benefits of Health Aid to Donor Countries

by Ipchita Bharali, Gavin Yamey, Osondu Ogbuoji
A U.S. flag is reflected in the windows of the shuttered former offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025.
Governance

The United States Maintains Its Global Fund Commitment

by Prashant Yadav, Elena Every
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store listens during the Global Fund event on November 21, 2025, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of the G20 Summit, which begins tomorrow. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
Governance

The State of Global Health Funding: August 2025

by Allison Krugman
The State of Global Health Funding: August 2025
Governance

A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding

by Allison Krugman
A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding