AMFAR has published a report on how the foreign aid freeze affects PEPFAR, which actually still hasn't resumed. They estimate that hundreds of thousands of people lose access to HIV antivirals and 1500 babies are expected to contract HIV — *each day* 🧵

I'd love to talk with anyone who works on USAID DHS surveys about implications from the foreign assistance freeze. Looks like ICF is the prime -- if anyone has contacts there, please DM or email! erin.crossett@givewell

🚨Re-upping this since the website for HRSA's Area Health Resources Files is now down The data in this Mendeley Repository were archived prior to the 1/31/25 purge

🚨I've posted BRFSS data in SAS, R, and Stata formats for 1987-2023 here on this Mendeley Data Repository Free to use without restriction! data.mendeley.com/datasets/shs97…

The attacks on USAID are already having enormous consequences for people's livelihoods both in and outside of the US, as well as the health of millions around the world. Call your reps - here's a good resource to get you started. usaidstopwork.com/individuals

Elon Musk spent over $280 million to elect Trump and his GOP allies. Now Musk is collecting on that investment—grabbing control of the system that gets your grandpa his Social Security check, pays your mom’s doctor through Medicare, and keeps your kid’s Head Start center open.

USAID’s global health supply chain accomplishes remarkable feats, all while operating under intense public scrutiny & compliance requirements unmatched in any other supply chain (Admittedly, it has some challenges, which I have also voiced in the past). Specifically for USAID's

BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.

Each dot represents 10 people whose lives depend on US foreign aid for HIV prevention & treatment. Without it, 1.6m people could die per year. Charles Kenny & I were pleased to work with Nicholas Kristof and the NYT data viz team to show the stakes of what’s happening at USAID.

We estimate 100 people per hour, including 68 children, are dying because of the abrupt halt in funding. impactcounter.com/dashboard?view…

Thanks to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, more than 1 billion children have been immunized against the world’s deadliest diseases, like tuberculosis and malaria. Now the U.S. government is reportedly planning to end its support for Gavi—support that’s been critical to this progress

The NIH plans to defund the WHI, the largest clinical trial ever for women that was meant to catch up on missed research. This study has been a fountain of knowledge. The hatred of women from this administration is really from cradle to grave. science.org/content/articl…

After the USAID cuts, the total number of awardees has fallen from 2,562 to 306. Justin Sandefur & Charles Kenny warn the cuts will considerably reduce capacity to navigate the complexities of USAID contracting: bit.ly/4joUX8X

A single price for pharmaceuticals is both inefficient and inequitable. Differential pricing improves societal welfare (under most conditions). There is sufficient and strong evidence for this. Also, an MFN clause hurts the poorest countries the most. Understandably, the US

Excellent highlight of PRO (proimpact.tools), an innovative and essential initiative moving philanthropic dollars to urgent global projects most in need after USAID funding cuts npr.org/sections/goats…

The Editorial Boards of leading health econ journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.

This is a travesty and a nightmare. The US was a founder of @Gavi. It lowers vaccine costs for the world, has vaccinated 1B children, and averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year -- and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.

"We use our estimates on the impact of Gavi funding on child mortality to calculate the number of lives saved by Gavi support, which is approximately 1.5 million lives." Kartini Shastry & Daniel Tortorice's research highlights the importance of Gavi ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/health/e…

The American Academy of Pediatrics, along with other organizations, will continue to produce a vaccine schedule. As HHS and ACIP fall into uncertainty - vaccine misinformation, anti-vaccine and anti-pediatrician rhetoric - I am grateful for the organizations that are stepping up to serve our

The American Academy of Pediatrics joined fellow medical leaders in a new op-ed in STAT with a clear, urgent message: Vaccines work—and they save lives. statnews.com/2025/06/26/vac…