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The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on September 16, 2016.

The State of Global Health Funding: October 2026

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This year, the largest drop in foreign aid for health came from the United Kingdom, while Japan increased its contributions

Delegates attend the 79th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 18, 2026.

WHO Elections: Reform Without Reckoning

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The organization cannot be reshaped without confronting its internal structure, partnership rules, and expanding operational role

Why U.S.-Zambia Foreign Aid Negotiations Should Continue

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International Vaccine Access Center lead William Moss explains why Zambia needs funding to maintain progress on malaria, HIV, and vaccination programs

A home-based caregiver visits an HIV/AIDS patient in her home in Matero township, Lusaka, Zambia, on April 17, 2012.

Securing Sustainable Funding for Civil Society Organizations

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The United States and Global Fund should work with partner governments to transition support for groups delivering HIV and tuberculosis services after aid cuts

HIV-positive members of a self-help group meet with a caregiver in the village of Michelo, Zambia, on February 23, 2015.

China's Health Silk Road and Soft Power

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Understanding China's previous engagement on health development can inform its future strategy as the United States pulls back

Line chart titled "China's Health Aid, 2000–23" showing inflation-adjusted Chinese health commitments to low- and middle-income countries in 2023 U.S. dollars. Aid remained mostly below $400 million from 2000 to 2004, then spiked to approximately $1.3 billion in 2005 following a large loan for Cuban hospitals, before falling back to under $400 million through 2014. After China introduced the Health Silk Road in 2015, aid rose to roughly $700 million in 2016, then fluctuated between $400–500 million through 2020. Aid surged dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, peaking near $2.4 billion around 2021–2022, then dropped sharply to near zero in 2023. Source: AidData

Global Health Reform for Communities Beyond Institutions

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Much of global health progress has been driven by small teams, writes the head of Expertise France's major pandemics cluster

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.

The Global Health Reform Debate's Dangerous Blindspot

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Unitaid's executive director compels countries to consider how the future global health system ensures equitable access to innovation

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.

The United States Maintains Its Global Fund Commitment

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The $4.6 billion pledge shows the willingness of the United States to support multilateral agencies that meet certain criteria

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

Health and Science Diplomacy Protects Everyone

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A former State Department employee outlines the value of international collaboration on health and science

Health and Science Diplomacy Protects Everyone

A WHO Director on the Future of Polio Eradication

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Hamid Jafari, the World Health Organization's polio chief for the Eastern Mediterranean, discusses funding post-USAID

A WHO Director on the Future of Polio Eradication

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

We Must Let a Million Flowers Bloom

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For India to thrive, the voluntary, non-governmental organization sector must survive

A million blooming flowers—and then some! Here a woman works inside her mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on March 26, 2015. The photo shows a woman bending over in a field of bright yellow blossoms. REU-TERS/Danish Ismail