Statement on rescissions to global health programs

Washington, DC, USA, July 18, 2025—Today, just four months after receiving broad bipartisan approval in the fiscal year 2025 budget, Congress passed the Rescissions Act of 2025, rescinding $500 million in global health funding.

PATH was relieved to see the Senate make important adjustments to the House-passed rescission package, rejecting a proposed $400 million cut to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR), and taking steps to safeguard vital global health programs—preserving investments that combat infectious diseases like malaria and tuberculosis, improve maternal and child survival, and expand access to essential nutrition interventions.

Unfortunately, these cuts will still impact numerous other lifesaving programs and remove vital funding for global actors like the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The cuts will threaten decades of progress in better health for families around the world and weaken America’s defenses against global health threats.

We commend the leaders in Congress who fought for the protection of these essential, lifesaving programs and who voted against the cuts. As Congress now looks ahead to next year’s budget, PATH will continue to work with lawmakers in both parties to protect and advance US investments that save lives and improve access to care.