1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 14, 2019U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2017-FY2019 RequestBackground Congress has made global health a priority for several years, including through support for global health programs. From FY2001 through FY2008, appropriations for global health rose f
2、rom less than $2 billion to almost $8 billion. The funding increases largely supported two U.S. programs aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide: the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Presidents Malaria Initiative, both launched during the George W. Bush Administrat
3、ion. During the Obama Administration, appropriations leveled off and averaged roughly $9 billion annually. The FY2020 budget request would reduce overall funding for global health by almost 30% from FY2019-enacted levels and would include roughly $6.3 billion through State, Foreign Operations (SFOPS
4、) appropriations and some $0.4 billion through Department of Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor-HHS) and Education appropriations (Table 1). Global Health Appropriations Foreign Operations. Through SFOPS appropriations, Congress funds PEPFAR; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Mala