Global Health in the 2025-2026 Federal Budget Analysis

Key Alliance messages:

• Overall DFAT is holding the line, no decreases or cuts in Federal ODA budget but the funding has not kept up with inflation and therefore no increase at a time when USA and other OECD major donors have decreased their contributions and USAID has been dismantled. USA, Germany, and UK make up half of ODA contributions globally.
• No new funding for medical research (see AAMRI statement in link)
• Temporary re-allocation in the DFAT health budget from global health programs to regional and bilateral programs (see Thematic area analysis)