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AVAC Calls for the Immediate Rejection of the Global Gag Rule and Any Expansion of it

AVAC calls for the immediate rejection of the Global Gag Rule and any expansion of it and urges US lawmakers to uphold science, human rights, and public health.

January 2026


Global Health Watch: Reflecting on 1 Year of Chaos and What’s Next, Congress Pushes Back, the Future of WHO, US Undermines African Authority

This week marks 365 days of disruption and chaos across global health, with many organizations and journalists reflecting on one year after the foreign aid freeze and what the future of global health looks like. We are also watching closely for news of an expanded Global Gag Rule.

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January 2026


One Year Later

This week marks one year since the US Presidential Administration issued a deeply cruel executive order freezing foreign assistance. To mark this moment, AVAC’s One Year Later series reflects on the impact of the past 365 days on five key areas of global health and development

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January 2026


One Year Later #5: Rethinking & Rebuilding Global Health

As we wrap up our ‘One Year Later’ series, in this fifth installment, we look to the future and what is built next. Champions of global health must define the architecture of the future, or it will be written by people bent on dismantling it.

January 2026


One Year Later #4: The Cruel Irony of Lenacapavir for PrEP

In the fourth installment of our ‘One Year Later’ series we focus on lenacapavir and how science is breaking through formidable barriers in understanding HIV and how to prevent it, just as the infrastructure for delivering groundbreaking technology is defunded and destabilized.

January 2026


One Year Later #3: The Undermining of the US Research Enterprise

This third installment of our ‘One Year Later’ series examines this administration’s sustained assault on the research enterprise. What has unfolded is a 365-day cascade of policy, programmatic and, financial actions that threaten US leadership and the scientific ecosystem responsible for lifesaving breakthroughs.

January 2026


One Year Later #2: An Assault on Vaccine Science and Policy, and the Stakes for Global Health

The second piece in AVAC’s ‘One Year Later’ series is out. From cuts to HIV vaccine research to attacks on ACIP and Gavi, we break down how ideology is undermining evidence and why global health depends on defending science.

January 2026


One Year Later #1: The Foreign Aid Freeze & Abuse of Executive Power

AVAC’s ‘One Year Later’ series reflects on the tumultuous events of the past 365 days across five global health issues. First up: how the foreign aid freeze and abuse of executive power are costing lives.

January 2026


Global Health Watch: Health Policy Decisions Reversed, FY26 US Global Health Funding, America First MoUs Scrutinized & LEN for PrEP Advances

The US foreign assistance budget, if enacted, would restore some global health funds in a broader context of uncertainty, as US bilateral “America First” health MoUs advance without transparent plans for implementation or accountability. At the same time, abrupt reversals by the US Department of Health and Human Services of troubling health policy decisions underscore the Administration’s instability. Meanwhile, momentum around lenacapavir continues, recently approved by Brazil and with additional funding from Unitaid to reach more populations in South Africa and Zambia.

January 2026


The Future of HIV Prevention with Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo

On January 20, join us and Jeanne Marrazzo, IDSA CEO and AVAC board member, for The Future of HIV Prevention: A People’s Research Agenda for Speed, Scale and Equity, a webinar exploring the PRA’s people-centered framework, what the PRA tracks, why it matters and what’s at stake.

January 2026


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