The Stop TB Partnership, which is hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services, or UNOPS, has ultimately been able to retain all of its U.S. funding — after a halt of programs, program terminations, and then program termination reversals by the Trump administration.
But even so, the scope of the work they do with that U.S. funding must be revised, meaning the organization must lay off some of its staff and part ways with some implementing partners.
The Trump administration’s requested budget for fiscal year 2026 slashed many global health programs completely — such as family planning and neglected tropical diseases — because the administration thinks they “do not make Americans safer.”
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
