Season 7 • Episode 7

Global Health Diplomats - Is Trump's Global Health Strategy Emerging?

Mar 28, 2025

51:09

Episode Description

Join Eric Goosby and Ben Plumley as they delve into the latest global health news coming out of Washington DC, including funding cuts from the US government to key international health programs, whether the administration will abide by the continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund all global health programs approved by Congress for 2025, and the implications for the UN, Gavi and US academic institutions. They also try to make sense of the significant job cuts announced by the administration to the Department of Health and Human Services today , and the continuing outbreak of measles in the US. These are hectic – if not entirely productive – times in the world of global health. But is a Trump administration strategy emerging from the chaos of executive orders, termination notices and the firing of so many key staff?

00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview

01:04 US Government Funding for International Development

01:49 Impact of Funding Cuts on Health and Human Services

02:12 The Growing Measles Crisis

02:36 Debate on Continuing Resolution and Budget Cuts

09:18 Termination of Funding to Gavi

13:25 Public Health Strategy and Administration Tactics

40:58 The Role of Individual Rights in Public Health

47:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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