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Global Health Watch: Budget stalled, Gag Rule expanded, US leaves WHO, AAP’s own immunization recommendations

As this issue goes to publication, the US fiscal year budget remains unresolved in the Senate, adding to uncertainty for global health funding. This week’s issue tracks the expansion of the Global Gag Rule, the US’s formal withdrawal from the WHO, growing pushback on concerning vaccine policy, and the new finding that nearly half of US CDC surveillance databases have been paused or stopped.

IAS 2027, the 14th IAS Conference on HIV Science

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Roundup: Must-Read Conversations and Resources from the Last Week 

Last week marked one year since the US president took office and began systematically dismantling global health and equity. Here is a roundup of essential conversations and resources summarizing the past 365 days and what’s at stake as we move forward.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.