The Trump administration proposed a 12% budget cut to federal health agencies and the shutdown of the Global Health Supply Chain–Procurement and Supply Management system — cuts that occurred alongside significant reductions in overseas development assistance by wealthy nations in 2025. Domestically, HHS Secretary Kennedy has moved to reshape vaccine oversight, make changes to ACIP membership requirements, and he has delayed crucial CDC reporting. The administration took a step toward stabilizing CDC leadership with the recent nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general and military physician, as CDC director. US foreign aid policy continues its shift toward reciprocity, with ongoing debates about the future of programs like PEPFAR.
Resources
Advocacy and Mobilization
- Alliance members BCG, CUGH (here and here), DNDi, FHI 360 (here and here), For Our Health (here and here), Friends of the Global Fight (here and here), GAIA (here and here), Gavi (here and here), Gilead Sciences, Global Health Corps (here and here), Global Health Council (here and here), Global Health Technologies Coalition (here and here), IDEO.org (here and here), inSupply Health, Maya Health Alliance | Wuqu’ Kawoq, MedShare, Nexleaf Analytics (here and here), North Carolina Global Health Alliance (here and here), PATH (here and here), Pathfinder (here and here), Population Services International (here and here), Public Health Institute, ReSurge International, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Seed Global Health (here and here), Stanford (here and here), UC Berkeley (here and here), UCGHI, UCSF (here and here), UNICEF (here and here), USA for UNFPA (here and here), and Vital Strategies (here and here) have spoken with the press or issued statements.
- Find and Contact Your Representatives: U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Here is a list of key decision makers in Congress, their contact information, as well as sample language to consider.
Navigating the Legal Questions and Resources for Workers
- Humentum offers resources for navigating the foreign assistance pause.
- Connective Impact has launched an open-source resource document in response to the U.S. foreign aid policy shifts.
- Devex has summarized 5 rapid response funds for organizations affected by the US aid freeze.
- Just Security has a Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions.
- Tech Change is sharing a job board and resource curation for those impacted.
- Other job opportunities sites include: Philanthropy News Digest, Idealist.org, WorkforGOOD, FastForward, Reconsidered, The Impact Job, ExecSearches.com, and Foundationlist.org.
- Find a Job I Devex
- Nonprofit Jobs | Work for Good
- The Pivot Playbook
- Find and Fund Defunded Global Health Grants: database of defunded NIH global health research projects seeking support
- Founders Pledge: Nonprofit organization that works to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and charities making impact in the world
- Fired but Fighting, a Coalition of Fired HHS Employees and Allies
Tracking Impact
- The Impact Metrics Dashboard (Boston University) visualizes the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations. The site has an impact tracker for PEPFAR, tuberculosis (TB), and Medicaid and is looking for additional collaborators. Read more.
- GHTC tracks how US investments in global health R&D are paying economic and health dividends in each state. (Learn more)
- Also see Center for Global Development I How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save?
- KFF has a new series of fact sheets on the status of U.S. global health aid cuts, from maternal and child health to TB and malaria, and fact sheets on global health program impact.
- KFF also has an overview of President Trump’s executive actions on global health and a timeline of events that provides a detailed overview of actions (and counter-actions) related to the administration’s efforts to freeze all U.S. foreign aid and dissolve USAID.
- Grant Watch’s Weekly Terminated NIH Grants Report presents an overview of recent trends in NIH grant terminations, reinstatements, new grant initiations, and continuations.
- An overview of the last 30 days of what has happened to public health and a running list of actions by the Trump administration to undermine public health. [Jessica Knurick]
- Emory Rollins Public Health has shared data showing the impact of public health cuts.
- Devex Court Watch: The latest on the USAID docket
- Devex ‘The Trump Effect’, highlighting the latest news, in-depth analysis, and exclusive insights on how the Trump administration’s policies are reshaping global development.
- Gates Foundation I Health Aid Saves Lives. Don’t Cut It, provides an aggregation of US aid cut impacts
- ProPublica I Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
- Verified and Vetted Science Accounts to Start Following for Public Health Accuracy [Cate Russel]
- State of Disunion: The Impact of Us Funding Cuts on Global Health R&D
- NEJM I Health and Medical Research Funding in a Divided America — How to Increase Support
- STAT+ | Tracking RFK Jr.’s Promises to Remake Health in America
- KFF: U.S. Global Health Country-Level Funding Tracker
- Health Security Policy Academy: U.S. Global Health Spending Watch
- The State Department Is Asking the World for New Global Health Ideas [Jirair Ratevosian]
- Devex | The Aid Report
- Center for Global Development | Who Is Getting New US Foreign Assistance Contracts and Awards?
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Update | March 2026
Sources
April 19, 2026
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April 16, 2026
- STAT | Trump Taps Former Public Health Leader Erica Schwartz to Run CDC
- Washington Post | Trump Administration Pushes Nations to Sign ‘Trade over Aid’ Declaration
- STAT+ | Kennedy Focuses on Affordability, Combating Fraud in Capitol Hill Hearings
April 15, 2026
- Devex | Gilead: US and Global Fund Ramp Up Support for HIV Prevention Jab
- Axios | White House Weighs Former Deputy Surgeon General to Lead CDC
- Devex | Former USAID Health Chief Documents Agency’s Turbulent End in New Book
- Health Policy Watch | Friends of the Global Fight: Call for US Congressional Oversight on Bilateral Health Agreements
April 14, 2026
- Devex | US to UN, Global Aid Has Failed to Improve Lives of Poor
- Devex | Lewin Denies Shutdown of Global Health Supply Chain
April 13, 2026
April 12, 2026
April 9, 2026
- Washington Post | CDC Delays Publishing Report Showing COVID Vaccine Benefits
- STAT | New Rules for CDC Vaccine Panel Aim to Address Lawsuit, Empower Kennedy’s Allies
- MedPage Today | Experts Blast Plan to Alter ACIP Members’ Expertise Requirements
- Bloomberg | RFK Jr. Has Stopped Talking About Vaccines. A Memo Shows Why
- Devex | ODA Plummets by Almost a Quarter, Driven by Billions in US Cuts
- Devex | US Deputy Secretary of State Stresses Reciprocity in Foreign Aid
April 8, 2026
- STAT+ | Trump Administration Drops Court Fight to Cap NIH Payments for Research Overhead Costs
- AP News | RFK Jr Is Launching a Podcast to Expose ‘Lies’ That Have Made Americans Sick
April 5, 2026
April 3, 2026
- STAT+ | White House Proposes 12% Cut to Federal Health Agencies in 2027 Budget Request
- New York Times | H.H.S. Takes a First Step Toward Restoring Vaccine Advisory Committee
- Devex | Inside America’s $2 Billion Humanitarian Bet
April 2, 2026
- NBC | Kennedy Sidelining of US Advisory Panel Delays Updates to Cancer Screening Guidelines
- New York Times | Nutrition Is In and D.E.I. Is Out as Medical Schools Bow to Kennedy
April 1, 2026
- New York Times | C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses
- KFF Health News | Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Darkens Outlook for Government-Backed Clinics
March 31, 2026
March 30, 2026
March 26, 2026
- New York Times | Stanford: Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools
- New York Times | How U.S.A.I.D. Birth Control Meant for Africa Was Ruined
- Axios | Effort to Classify COVID Vax Injuries Gains Momentum
- Semafor | State Department Sends $1.25B from Other Programs to Board of Peace
- CMS.gov | HHS and CMS Announce Healthcare Advisory Committee Members to Improve Patient Care and Modernize the US Healthcare System
March 25, 2026
- STAT+ | CDC Leadership in Limbo as Trump Administration Set to Miss Deadline to Nominate Director
- BMJ | The United States Is Driving a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
- The Atlantic | RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC
- KFF Health News | CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment
March 24, 2026
March 23, 2026
- New York Times | Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C.
- Devex Pro | Who Wins in the US Food Aid Shake-Up?
- STAT | NIH Grant Terminations Affected Women Scientists More than Men, Study Finds
- Devex | Is PEPFAR about to Run Out of Money?
March 20, 2026