The Trump administration’s stop-work order on foreign aid, announced Jan. 24, has put immense pressure on the already struggling development sector. The move has intensified pressure on donors, implementers, and professionals working in health — one of the most heavily supported areas in development.
To assess how the sector is responding, we analyzed Devex job board data to identify the top hiring organizations in health since the announcement. Our analysis covers job types, levels of experience, contract lengths, and locations of performance.
In the two months following the stop-work order, only 6% of the Devex job board listed health-related jobs. In absolute terms, there were 762 health-related jobs from 162 organizations, a 49% drop from the 1,492 vacancies posted in the same period in 2024.