In this new article, we examined 52 health conditions and found clear evidence of ongoing disparities in access to medicines.

Table 1 from Tram et al. (2025) showing estimated excess HIV-related deaths from a pause in PEPFAR funding, broken down across countries served by PEPFAR. Across all countries, the authors estimate 109,552 excess HIV deaths from a 90-day pause in PEPFAR funding.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: Published this morning in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, Tram et al. estimate that a 90-day pause in PEPFAR funding will lead to nearly 110,000 excess HIV deaths due to missed ART treatments.

Open access article here: doi.org/10.1002/jia2...

Heart wrenching decision, the DHS are an incredibly important data source. They have long been the only option available for studying change over time in individual- or family-level outcomes across Africa. My heart aches for everyone whose research, teaching, and other work depends on them.

If you're ever feeling down, I highly recommend asking ChatGPT for a hype rap about your life.

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

2/2 The accompanying paper in JAMA Health Forum finds that these differences are driven primarily by service utilization, rather than prices, disease prevalence, or population age.

Congrats to the DEX team!

1/2 The parent study to my thesis research was published in JAMA! This massive five-year effort tracks US health spending from 2010 to 2019 by county, health condition, payer, age/sex, and type of care, showing striking variation in per-capita spending, even between neighboring counties.

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.

Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects fewer than a dozen

Honored to have spent a year working on Guinea Worm Disease in South Sudan (2014-15). With Jimmy Carter’s leadership, cases of this debilitating disease fell from millions a year to just 14 in 2023, thanks to the Carter Center's efforts. Warm wishes to my colleagues still pushing toward eradication.