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Devex CheckUp: Washington’s chosen faith-based org
America's new global health strategy cuts U.S. support to local organizations to fight HIV, except for FBOs. Plus, U.S. funding halted for NGOs in Somalia, and South Africa's plans to manufacture lenacapavir locally.
Are faith-based organizations the future of the AIDS response?
The new America First Global Health Strategy cuts off U.S. support to local organizations to fight HIV, except for faith-based organizations. But what happens to services for the communities faith groups cannot access?
In Nepal, US ends effort to help women make life-or-death choices
Pregnant Anita Yadav died after waiting for permission to seek medical care. U.S. aid cuts had already dismantled a nationwide program designed to “break gender norms that undervalued women’s lives.”
A year without USAID: In Kenya, the shock reaches herders and hospitals
Drought, debt pressures, and shrinking U.S. aid are converging — exposing strain in Kenya’s pastoralist economies and public health system.
How Novo Nordisk’s profits are reshaping global health funding
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is drawing new scrutiny as it emerges as a major global health player.
State Department eyes tuberculosis breakthroughs
Jeffrey Graham, the head of the State Department's Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau, emphasized how the "America First" approach is refocusing U.S. efforts on tuberculosis and beyond.
WHO backs pooled TB testing to expand diagnosis and cut costs
It includes pooled testing for tuberculosis in resource-constrained settings, allowing governments to screen more people for TB without additional costs.