VW12: Financing Global Health 2025 - Cuts in Aid and Future Outlook

This webinar was a part of CUGH's 2025 Virtual Global Health Week. Summary: After 30 years of health improvements around the world, funding cuts to global health could put lifesaving health care at risk between now and 2030, according to the latest annual report, Financing Global Health (FGH), released by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. The report incorporates information on the latest aid cuts announced by major donor governments. New figures track current and future donor contributions toward health improvement and maintenance in low- and middle-income countries, known as development assistance for health (DAH). The seminar will present key findings for the report highlighting recipient countries and health areas likely to be most impacted by the cuts and projections of future availability of funding till 2030 thus providing timely information for global health stakeholders as they adjust and plan in the new era for global health financing. Speakers: Rhonda Stewart, Director of Global Impact, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation/University of Washington Angela E. Apeagyei PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation/University of Washington, Lead author and presenter Ali Mokdad PhD, Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation & Chief Strategy Officer of Population Health, University of Washington Charles Birungi PhD, Adviser – Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy, Equitable Financing Practice, Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch, UNAIDS Austen Peter Davis, Senior Advisor – Global Health, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Theebika Shanmugarasa, Director of Advocacy, Community Health Impact Coalition