The U.S. government has published its new “America First” global health strategy, providing the greatest level of detail so far on the Trump administration’s priorities in the sector.
It emphasizes direct relationships and coinvestments with aid-receiving countries, boosting frontline health supplies and workers, protecting Americans from outbreaks originating abroad, and promoting American-made health products.
The strategy, which the U.S. Department of State released on Thursday, signifies a shift away from the decades-old role of health aid delivery by nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, and emphasizes more collaborations with the private sector and faith-based organizations.
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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.
