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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: US agencies are engaging in “unethical, dishonorable, and potentially law-breaking machinations” under new leadership, particularly at the NIH. Meanwhile, the US was absent from the World Health Assembly, where the WHO Pandemic Agreement was ratified and where a high-level dialogue on long-acting HIV prevention took place. All this plus looming Global Fund shortfalls, and new COVID-19 vaccine policy changes in this week’s issue.
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.
Global Health Watch: FY26 Proposed Budget, WHO Leadership Changes and New AVAC Resources
This week’s issue covers the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ defense of deep NIH budget cuts before Congress, leadership changes at WHO, and the latest update in AVAC’s lawsuit attempting to halt the US foreign aid freeze.
Protect Federal Funding for HIV, TB, and STI Research and Prevention at the National Institutes of Health
AVAC and 627 organizations, institutions, researchers, clinicians, public health advocates and stakeholders submitted a written letter to the Senate HELP Committee urging lawmakers to reject the cuts to NIH funding for HIV, TB, and STI research and highlighting the impact of these cuts on lifesaving innovation and research infrastructure.
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