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Life After USAID

Coverage of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s overhaul

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.

The New America First Global Health Strategy: Four Observations

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What the strategy means for supply chain reforms, transnational threats, and congressional oversight on global health spending

A refugee from Myanmar has her checkup done by a doctor at the Mae Tao clinic, in Mae Sot, Thailand, on October 30, 2015.

Innovative Financing to Future-Proof Universal Health Coverage

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New financing models should invest in people-centered systems rooted in equity, prevention, and community leadership

PEPFAR's Transition Breeds New Opportunities for HIV Care

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Three principles could guide the funding shifts between HIV programs and partner countries to reduce donor dependency

Visualization for HIV/AIDS Resources for LMICs

Microfinance to Replace Declining Aid: A Roadmap in Trust

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With global aid dropping, microfinance institutions can shape the future of health equity

Health leader Sabikunnahar, wearing a bright pink traditional outfit, smiles while helping a young child wash their hands with soap and water outdoors beside a corrugated tin wall.

How Anti-Immigration Measures Could Deplete the U.S. Health Workforce

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The role of immigrants in health care has become more critical because of a worsening worker shortage

Deferred Enforced Departure status holder Marie Zar, who works as a nurse’s assistant, gets ready for work, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on March 29, 2019.

White House Empties Office for U.S. Pandemic Policy: The Gaps Left Behind

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Summer departures leave the White House without a senior official for pandemic preparedness, biosecurity, or biodefense

White House Empties Office for U.S. Pandemic Policy: The Gaps Left Behind

The State of Global Health Funding: August 2025

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Six months after cuts to foreign aid, mostly by the United States, a new global health landscape is taking shape

The State of Global Health Funding: August 2025

USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

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Public health and development professionals share insights from three nations hit hard by U.S. cuts to foreign aid

USAID Lost: Stories From Colombia, Kenya, and Nepal

Reimagining Sexual and Reproductive Health Without U.S. Involvement

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The Helms Amendment and the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, are moot without U.S. aid funding

Reimagining Sexual and Reproductive Health Without U.S. Involvement

U.S. Soft Power: Next Steps After the Foreign Aid Withdrawal

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A former White House official on the future of advancing strategic interests while saving lives and growing economies

U.S. Soft Power: Next Steps After the Foreign Aid Withdrawal

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

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A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

Life With Less PEPFAR: The First 100 Days in Tanzania and Uganda

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Stories on the ground support and contradict media narratives about what the HIV program has lost

Life With Less PEPFAR: The First 100 Days in Tanzania and Uganda

Africa's Tuberculosis Funding Crisis: Moving Beyond External Saviors

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Recent foreign aid cuts have exposed the need for domestic responses to maintain progress against the fatal disease

Africa's Tuberculosis Funding Crisis: Moving Beyond External Saviors

Expanding Medical Oxygen Access Without U.S. Foreign Aid

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Oxygen can be a pathfinder for a new global health era when national governments sit in the driver's seat

Expanding Medical Oxygen Access Without U.S. Foreign Aid

Gender-Based Violence in Kenya and U.S. Foreign Aid

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Losing U.S. support will jeopardize access to essential services in Kenya that combat gender-based violence and femicide

Gender-Based Violence in Kenya and U.S. Foreign Aid

U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

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Ukraine, with $1.4 billion curtailed, is the single biggest loser of U.S. foreign aid

U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

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Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

PEPFAR Misses Reauthorization Deadline: What's Next for Global HIV Fight?

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The expiration of PEPFAR's authorization could mark a pivotal shift in the HIV/AIDS response

PEPFAR Misses Reauthorization Deadline: What's Next for Global HIV Fight?

U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers

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The loss of U.S. funding could leave Gavi with three options to downsize its operations

U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers

Africa's Quiet Response to U.S. Realignment of Foreign Aid

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Characterizing the end of U.S. aid as a catalyst allows African politicians to emphasize their readiness for a new era

Africa's Quiet Response to U.S. Realignment of Foreign Aid

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

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Aid workers and health experts recount the growing humanitarian crisis amid conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC in Crisis: The Human Cost of U.S. Aid Cuts Amid the M23 Rebellion

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

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Global cooperation could reduce disparities in emergency care, but the United States cut programs for disaster relief

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

Small Global Health Investments, Big Benefits for the United States

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The Carter Center's experience highlights how global health assistance advances U.S. national interests

Small Global Health Investments, Big Benefits for the United States

A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding

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 Track how President Trump's executive orders have jeopardized global health programs that rely on the United States

A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding

The USAID "Lifesaving" Waiver Is a Mirage Without Sufficient Staffing

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The State Department's humanitarian waiver is essential but falls woefully short of ensuring patients receive medicines

The USAID "Lifesaving" Waiver Is a Mirage Without Sufficient Staffing

Atul Gawande on Global Health's Past and Present

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In a conversation with Thomas J. Bollyky, Atul Gawande reflects on progress and future opportunities in global health

Atul Gawande on Global Health's Past and Present

USAID Cuts Could Sever HPV Prevention

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Slashing global aid will limit access to the HPV vaccine and widen disparities in cervical cancer

USAID Cuts Could Sever HPV Prevention

As Foreign Aid Lags, Regional Health Agencies Come to the Fore

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Regional organizations are well positioned to harmonize disease surveillance systems and serve as hubs for knowledge

As Foreign Aid Lags, Regional Health Agencies Come to the Fore

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

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The future of African health systems will be driven by domestic investment and demand for regionally made drugs

Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency

The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access

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Amid declining global aid, access to safe blood risks falling through the cracks. Promising new initiatives offer hope

The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access