# U.S. global health funding draws majority support

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/politics/us-global-health-funding-draws-majority-support/
Published: 2026-07-13

> Featured topic in Politics.

About six-in-ten U.S. adults (59.3%) would maintain or increase U.S. global health funding, versus 29.1% who would decrease or eliminate it.

## Overview: Global health funding

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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Supporting evidence

### 59.3% would maintain or increase U.S. global health funding; 29.1% would decrease or eliminate it.

Question: Do you think the US should increase, maintain, decrease, or eliminate its global health funding, which costs several billions dollars per year?

Note: Shows whether adults would increase, maintain, decrease or eliminate U.S. global health funding; 59.3% would maintain or increase it.

Topline:

- Maintain at current levels: 23.0%
- Increase somewhat: 18.6%
- Increase significantly: 17.7%
- Decrease somewhat: 13.1%
- I have no option about it / none of the above: 11.6%

### 41.5% agree the U.S. should prioritize helping African countries build their own health manufacturing and infrastructure, the most-agreed statement tested.

Question: Please select ALL options that you agree with

Note: Shows which statements about U.S.-Africa health agreements adults agree with; building self-reliance draws the most agreement at 41.5%.

Topline:

- The US should prioritize helping African countries build their own health manufacturing capacity, local medicine production, and health infrastructure so they can become more self-reliant over time: 41.5%
- The US can exchange global health funding with African countries in exchange for minerals and other natural resources.: 25.7%
- The US should prioritze securing rapid access to African health data, disease surveilance information, and samples to better protect the US and global health security from future epidemics.: 25.3%
- The US should respect national sovereignty and not force countries to share their citizens' health data in exchange for funding.: 25.0%
- The US should significantly reduce overall global health funding to Africa and focus only on programs that deliver clear, direct benefits to American interests.: 23.5%

## 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: 2026-06-03 → 2026-06-08
- 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

- [Do you think the US should increase, maintain, decrease, or eliminate its global health funding, which costs several billions dollars per year?](https://reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026#q-16): reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026: Shows whether adults would increase, maintain, decrease or eliminate U.S. global health funding; 59.3% would maintain or increase it.
- [Please select ALL options that you agree with](https://reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026#q-17): reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026: Shows which statements about U.S.-Africa health agreements adults agree with; building self-reliance draws the most agreement at 41.5%.

## Citation

Verasight PAA Omnibus Survey #2026-051, fielded June 3-8, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026#q-16](https://reports.verasight.io/r/paa-2026#q-16)