Eliminating malaria is an economic boost for Africa and the US
31/3/2025: The US has been the largest contributor to global malaria control efforts. If its sudden cessation of funding continues, it would leave significant gaps in malaria programs in many African countries.
Source: Devex
Decades of progress in reducing child deaths under threat
25/3/2025: Since 2000, child deaths have dropped by more than half and stillbirths by over a third, fuelled by sustained investments in child survival worldwide. Decades of progress are now at risk as major donors have announced or indicated significant funding cuts to aid ahead.
Source: World Health Organization
Funding cuts bring worldwide disruptions in tuberculosis services
20/3/2025: The World Health Organization is calling for urgent investment of resources to protect tuberculosis (TB) care. Reports reveal that severe disruptions in the TB response are seen across several of the highest-burden countries following recent funding cuts.
Source: World Health Organization
USAID cuts could create untreatable tuberculosis bug
10/3/2025: Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis for which there is no treatment could emerge as a result of cuts in US support to poorer countries which has historically provided between $200 million and $250 million a year for TB. In 2023, there were 10.8m new cases and 1.25 million deaths from the disease.
Source: The Guardian
Gavi delays $9 billion replenishment event
10/3/2025: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has pushed back its high-level replenishment summit by three months. An already rough fundraising environment has become exponentially worse as the Trump administration has rapidly dismantled USAID. However, there are signs that the US government sees the importance of Gavi’s work.
Source: Devex
The urgent need to rethink Africa’s health financing
3/3/2025: The Trump administration's abrupt gutting of USAID has aggressively shoved the African continent into a health financing crisis for which it wasn’t prepared. Last fiscal year, the US spent around $12 billion on global health funding — most of which was disbursed in sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Devex
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
28/2/2025: Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a rise in deaths as a result. Projects funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), founded by George W Bush in 2003, appear to be particularly affected.
Source: The Guardian
Critical global surveys fall casualty to US foreign aid gutting
28/2/2025: USAID staff responsible for funding global Demographic and Health Surveys have received notices of termination. These long established critical data sets cover HIV/AIDS, malaria, nutrition, family planning, maternal and child health, gender, and fertility through over 400 surveys in more than 90 countries.
Source: Devex
Global Fund launches $18 billion replenishment in tough environment
18/2/2025: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is seeking $18 billion to continue its lifesaving work, claiming a return of $19 in health and economic benefit for every dollar invested. The Global Fund has been dependent on the US for about 30% of its funding.
Source: Devex
Thousands of African health workers lose jobs due to US aid freeze
13/2/2025: As USAID’s funding freeze leads to mass layoffs of African health workers - around 54,000 in Kenya alone - experts warn of an escalating crisis in healthcare access. Those affected include professionals working in maternal and child health, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria prevention.
Source: Devex