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Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization
July 30, 2026
The Trump administration’s plan to stop funding the Pan American Health Organization, which coordinates public health efforts across dozens of countries including the United States, will leave Americans more vulnerable to infectious disease threats, more than 100 U.S. leaders in health and national security warned in an open letter released on Thursday…
US Proposal to Eliminate PAHO Funding Raises Alarm Over Health Security in Americas
September 9, 2026
The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is fighting many of the same health threats it did at its founding in Washington, DC, some 120 years ago: vector-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika, new and emerging diseases like New World Screwworm, and recurring outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles…