KFF Health News October 23, 2020
As of October 16, Congress has enacted four emergency supplemental funding bills to address the COVID-19 pandemic, which collectively provide almost $3.2 billion for the global response. Of this amount, approximately $2.4 billion (75%) was designated for country, regional, and worldwide programming efforts through the State Department ($350 million), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ($1.24 billion), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ($800 million); the remainder was for operating expenses, including the evacuation of U.S. citizens and consular operations. With negotiations between Congress and the Administration over a fifth supplemental package on shaky ground, we examined the status of global COVID-19 country, regional, and worldwide funding to assess how much has been committed to...