8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense

https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/26/pepfar-state-department-plan-dismantling-hiv-cdc/ By William Roper, Jeffrey Koplan, Richard Besser, Tom Frieden, Anne Schuchat, Robert Redfield, Rochelle Walensky, and Mandy CohenMay 26, 2026 The authors are former directors or acting directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.