Stop TB Partnership retains US funds but must revise scope, cut staff

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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