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Congress is weighing massive cuts to global health funding—including PEPFAR and UNICEF.

These programs save millions of lives. Cutting them now would be catastrophic.

Here’s what you need to know—and how to take action. 👇

“Flying blind”: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer rates in firefighters, HIV, and more - POLITICO
Since when is data the enemy? Completely irrational.

#TBHillDay has been an incredible success with an impact we can only imagine! We're so thankful to everyone who joined us in DC or virtually to help us speak with over TWO HUNDRED congressional offices about #Tuberculosis funding!

Opinion | I Study Measles. I’m Terrified We’re Headed for an Epidemic. (Gift Article) The outbreak in Texas could become much, much worse.

"Public health depends on public trust. When that trust is broken, when people start to see vaccines as personal choices without regard to public health — or, worse, as threats — diseases like measles come roaring back."

@michaelmina.bsky.social

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The brutal attacks on Mirebalais threaten one of Haiti’s most critical hospitals. If Mirebalais falls, Haiti’s health system faces collapse. Hundreds of thousands will be left without life-saving care #ZanmiLasante.The world must act NOW. #Haiti #Mirebalais
@partnersinhealth.bsky.social

For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down The best-selling author chatted with The Times’s global health reporter about the past, present and troubling future of the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

It was a huge honor to speak with Stephanie Nolen at the @nytimes.com about our mutual obsession with tuberculosis. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Wowsa! Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for illuminating the need for TB to be eradicated, finally!

U.S. pulls back $12 billion in funding to state health departments - Reuters
Short sighted in SO many ways. Did we learn nothing from COVID?

🌍✨ “It felt like the world no longer existed.” After an MDR-TB diagnosis, Lerato Mpholo battled both illness and deep depression and found hope through holistic care. So proud to share her story ahead of #WorldTBDay 🫁💙 #EndTB #MentalHealthMatters #Lesotho

🔗 Read more: pihcanada.org/news/healing...

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Paul Farmer, ...

Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca

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(🧵) Today, we mourn the loss of Donna Barry, PIH’s first director of advocacy, a fearless champion for health justice, and a leader in global nursing. Donna helped shape PIH’s advocacy efforts by fighting for global health funding, women’s health, and stronger health systems.

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse - The Atlantic
“estimated that cases MDRTB will rise by about 30% in the next few years, an unprecedented regression in the history of humankind’s fight against the disease.” Excellent article by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Cut Off Funds for Severely Malnourished Toddlers "If we can't treat them, they have a very high risk of dying."

In two weeks, the Trump admin abruptly canceled nearly 10,000 global development contracts, upending programs that offer food to children and lactating mothers in Haiti, clean water to tens of thousands in Colombia, etc.

Our 𝙄𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 newsletters highlight the life-saving work PIH supporters make possible. From advances in #TB care to celebrating 10 years in West Africa and much more, read it all in our winter newsletter today: bit.ly/3FmAMJG

This is happening…shameful, immoral and short sighted. @stephanienolen.bsky.social is reporting the truth of this man-made disaster.

I recommend hating tuberculosis. It has fueled me like no other hate that came before.

“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/87FfKC8B

Everyday I wake up and think… maybe today sanity will return, not today again.

Marco Rubio’s announcement that he has cut 83% of #USAID activities means children and families will no longer have the food, clean water, healthcare, education and much more that they need to survive and build their futures.

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE

Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody.

We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people All to save 0.08 percent of the budget.

“about a million additional people will die terrible deaths every single year for the foreseeable future if PEPFAR doesn’t get reversed”

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U.S. immigration agents arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University - Reuters
What has this country become?

In response to the comment that was made during the US Presidential address last night…..”nobody has heard of Lesotho” @partnersinhealth.bsky.social

John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy

How am I feeling? It's summed up in this conversation with @madhupai.bsky.social: "I think hope is the correct response to the miracle of human consciousness. I am concerned (and discouraged) in the face of our historical moment. But I refuse to respond with despair."
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US delayed assistance to Uganda’s Ebola response US delayed assistance to Uganda’s Ebola response

Ugandan officials appear to have largely contained an outbreak of Ebola virus but did so without the same level of support they have previously received from the U.S. government.

"Without WHO data now, we don't have the ability to track [diseases] as we had before...diseases that are in Africa can quickly come to our shores,” says IDSA member Yukari Manabe, MD, FIDSA.

Our press briefing explores the implications of U.S. funding cuts for global health: bit.ly/4icpOo2

Supreme Court Blocks Judge’s Order to Quickly Unfreeze Foreign Aid Work Payments Administration lawyers had said the government would miss the judge’s deadline to restart payments for past aid work and sought a late intervention from the Supreme Court.

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Speechless. “Several aid workers and USAID officials said that at least some money for PEPFAR, had been eliminated, including for elements of the program that were previously deemed essential lifesaving work and exempted from the aid freeze.”

AIDS activists protest foreign aid freeze Human rights activists and former USAID workers staged a protest on Capitol Hill on Feb 26 to protest the freeze on foreign aid by President Donald Trump.

So grateful to our ❤️warriors lying down for humanity against Trump, Elon, Marco’s killing spree and Congress’s shameful inaction.

This is absurd and clear our country is for sale to the highest bidder. So much for “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. Statue of Liberty coming down next I predict.

Elon Musk Says DOGE 'Accidentally Canceled' Ebola Prevention Elon Musk made alarming comments about Ebola prevention measures during President Donald Trump's first Cabinet meeting.

Infectious diseases don’t stay put and they don’t take breaks. US-funded systems that work to stop outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola can’t be simply be toggled on and off like a light switch. Lapses have consequences. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...