Agenda
Days into his second U.S. presidency, Donald Trump swiftly moved to demolish the U.S. Agency for International Development, withdraw from the WHO and freeze billions of dollars in global health aid and research. Congress spared parts of PEPFAR, the effective global HIV prevention and AIDS treatment program. But unprecedented budget cuts have shredded treatment delivery and many aspects of vital care.
Also gone or in peril are clean water projects, programs to prevent maternal and childhood deaths and a host of other infectious diseases. The administration has also slashed health and science funding and staff at globally influential U.S. institutions that include universities, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control. Vaccine skeptics now hold powerful health policy positions in the U.S. government, and budget cuts are poised to shrink healthcare access for Americans.
Pulitzer Center panelists will discuss the consequences of these radical changes in U.S. involvement in global health.
