WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Committee on Appropriations approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and human Services, education, and Related Agencies (labor HHS) appropriations bill and accompanying report on September 9, 2025. The bill outlines funding levels for various health programs, including those with a global focus, administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).While the majority of U.S. global health funding is allocated through the State Department’s appropriations, the Labor HHS bill significantly impacts global health initiatives at the CDC and NIH.
The bill proposes eliminating funding for several programs within the CDC’s Center for Global Health, specifically those addressing global HIV/AIDS, Global Tuberculosis, and certain global vaccination activities. Funding for global polio vaccination and Global Public Health Protection programs at the CDC would be maintained at FY 2025 levels. funding for Parasitic Diseases and Malaria will be transferred from the Center for Global Health to the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, though specific funding amounts were not detailed.
Regarding the NIH, funding for global health research at the Fogarty International Center (FIC) is set to match FY 2025 levels. Funding for other global health research, including initiatives focused on global HIV/AIDS and malaria, will be determined at the agency level and is currently unknown.
The House FY26 Labor HHS appropriations bill stipulates that funding for HIV research at NIH will be jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research and allocated to the “Office of AIDS research” account.
FY25 funding levels used as a baseline are based on a full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) maintaining FY24 levels. Additional details on global health funding are available in a downloadable table and through KFF’s budget summaries and U.S.Global Health Budget Tracker.
