Policy Watch
Quick-hitting policy analysis, polling, and updates on the key issues facing the country.
The Outlook for PEPFAR in 2025 and Beyond
PEPFAR, the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program, is – for the first time in its two-decade history – facing significant challenges that could impede its ability to fulfill its mission. This policy brief provides an overview of recent events and ongoing challenges facing the program.
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President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care: Responses by Providers, States, and Litigation
This Policy Watch reviews the key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order that aim to restrict youth access to gender affirming care and examines state and legal responses.
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How Much Global Health Funding Goes Through USAID?
This analysis highlights USAID’s role in global health and shows that the agency provided the vast majority of the nation’s global health assistance for other countries in 2023 (about $6.2 billion or 73% of the total bilateral global health funding that year).
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The Status of President Trump’s Pause of Foreign Aid and Implications for PEPFAR and other Global Health Programs
This policy watch provides an overview of the Trump administration’s executive order to pause all foreign aid programs, including for global health, and related actions to date.
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A Look at Federal Health Data Taken Offline
This post looks at federal government databases with key health data that went offline on Jan. 31, 2025, including several related to HIV, some of which had returned by Feb. 2, 2025. It briefly describing the affected databases, which include widely used, large-scale national health surveys, indices, and data dashboards, that inform research, policy making, and media coverage about health care and public health.
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How Does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Impact Health and Health Care?
This policy watch provides a short overview of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), describing its history, budget, organizational structure and its major programs and responsibilities.
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