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Global Health Watch: Global Fund + Gavi, Musk exit, threats to NGO funding and more

This week we see new developments that could reshape global health financing and US policies on science and research, including the release of the full FY26 budget, which is expected later in the day. From a potential operational merger between the Global Fund and Gavi to more intense threats to NGO funding, foreign aid, and vaccine guidance, this issue shares the implications of rising political pressure.

Impact Trackers

On the Road to IAS 2025: Scientific Highlights in HIV Cure Research

The US Legacy in HIV is Unraveling

If the administration is intent on unraveling America’s legacy in global health, Congress must veto that agenda. It must preserve PEPFAR’s integrity and the US’s commitment to the goal of ending HIV as a public health threat.

Global Health Watch: WHA78, Misinformation at Congressional Hearings, Global Fund Cuts & More

The US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services appeared before Congress this week defending foreign aid cuts and the dismantling of USAID. Advocates are responding, including the Treatment Action Group (TAG) which issued a stark warning. Meanwhile, the US was absent from the World Health Assembly. All this plus looming Global Fund shortfalls, and new COVID-19 vaccine policy changes in this week’s issue.

Fight for our Lives Emergency Townhall

Fight for Firewalls: HIV and Health Data Privacy in the Snowballing Surveillance State

1st International Workshop on Long Acting Anti-Infectives (LAAI) 2025

World Health Assembly-A new era of HIV prevention; Accelerating access to long-acting prevention options through sustainable prevention systems and financing

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2025

HVAD 2025 comes as the US presidential administration is actively working to dismantle HIV research and demolish the architecture of global health. The entire HIV response — from basic research and clinical development to policy, programs, and global access to life-saving treatment and prevention — is now under attack, and the world runs the risk of reversing the strides made to end HIV.