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Audit Reveals Misuse in PEPFAR Funding Allocation

9/26/2025

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Audit shows 40% of the $110 billion invested since 2003 funded direct medical supply delivery.
About 60% funded overhead and salaries; critics cite RTI International and Chemonics salaries as misused taxpayer funds.
The State Department will implement the America First Global Health Strategy to improve efficiency.
PEPFAR's budget faces cuts; only $1 billion of its $4.7 billion funds medical commodities.

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Story summary

Audit shows 40% of the $110 billion invested since 2003 funded direct medical supply delivery.
About 60% funded overhead and salaries; critics cite RTI International and Chemonics salaries as misused taxpayer funds.
The State Department will implement the America First Global Health Strategy to improve efficiency.
PEPFAR's budget faces cuts; only $1 billion of its $4.7 billion funds medical commodities.