U.S. global health funding draws majority support
Core finding
About six-in-ten adults (59.3%) would maintain U.S. global health funding at current levels (23.0%) or increase it (36.3%). About three-in-ten (29.1%) would decrease it or eliminate it, including just 6.2% who would eliminate it entirely.
On the new U.S.-Africa health agreements, the most-agreed statement (41.5%) is that the U.S. should prioritize helping African countries build their own health manufacturing, medicine production and infrastructure.
Most would keep or grow the funding
Asked about U.S. global health funding, which costs several billion dollars a year, 59.3% of adults would maintain it at current levels (23.0%) or increase it (36.3%).
About three-in-ten (29.1%) would cut it: 13.1% would decrease it somewhat, 9.8% significantly and just 6.2% would eliminate it entirely. Another 11.6% have no opinion.
Topline
59.3% would maintain or increase U.S. global health funding; 29.1% would decrease or eliminate it.
n = 1,000 · Jun 3–8, 2026 · MoE ±3.1%
Building capacity beats trading aid for resources
Offered statements about the new U.S.-Africa health agreements, adults agree most (41.5%) that the U.S. should prioritize helping African countries build their own health manufacturing capacity, local medicine production and health infrastructure.
Transactional approaches draw about a quarter each: 25.7% agree the U.S. can exchange health funding for minerals and other resources, and 25.3% agree it should prioritize rapid access to African health data.
Topline
41.5% agree the U.S. should prioritize helping African countries build their own health manufacturing and infrastructure, the most-agreed statement tested.
n = 1,000 · Jun 3–8, 2026 · MoE ±3.1%
Cutting has an age gradient
Agreement that the U.S. should significantly reduce global health funding to Africa and focus only on direct American benefits sits at 23.5% overall, but reaches 33.0% among adults 50-64 versus 15.5% among adults 18-29.
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Jun 3–8, 2026 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.1% |
| Module | A |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026
Do you think the US should increase, maintain, decrease, or eliminate its global health funding, which costs several billions dollars per year?
- reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026
Please select ALL options that you agree with
Cite this topic
Verasight PAA Omnibus Survey #2026-051, fielded June 3-8, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.