The U.S. government has so far allocated more than $12 billion that will benefit the global COVID-19 response, and we continue to ensure that the substantial U.S. funding and scientific efforts on this front remain a central and coordinated part of the worldwide effort against the disease.

The Plastics Upcycling Alliance is helping to improve the natural beauty of Timor-Leste and health and safety of its people by creating and growing a plastics recycling industry. Like many countries around the world, Timor-Leste faces the urgent challenge of finding waste management solutions for plastic. Plastic is burned in rubbish piles, clogs critical drainage infrastructure or washes up on the country’s once pristine beaches. This creates risks to human health and safety and jeopardizes growth potential for the nascent but promising tourism industry.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the U.S. Government has committed more than $775 million in emergency health, humanitarian, economic and development assistance specifically aimed at helping governments, international organizations, and NGOs fight the pandemic. 

In Zambia, it is estimated that there are approximately 1.3 million orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) who are infected with, or affected by, HIV.  The USAID Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) project provides holistic, needs-based services to vulnerable children, adolescents, and their caregivers. Focusing their work in areas hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, ZAMFAM mitigates social, emotional and economic impacts of the epidemic by reducing risk and vulnerability and increasing resilience. In select districts, ZAMFAM also serves as an implementing partner under the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS- Free, Mentored, Safe (DREAMS) project.