2026/01/01 by Lawrence O. Gostin, Alexandra Finch, Benjamin Mason Meier
Business, Management and Accounting · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Global Health and Surgery #Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology #Global Security and Public Health
paper · doi:10.1017/jme.2025.10223
openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/01/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
The second Trump administration has shaken the foundations of US leadership in global health, with this column assessing rapid shifts in global health governance. By analyzing how the administration's anti-science ethos, foreign assistance cuts, and multilateral disengagement have undermined global solidarity, the column considers the destabilizing impacts on global health and examines how other states, regional bodies, and international organizations are responding to this US decline. This examination reveals both strains for global health promotion and resilience within a changed governance landscape.