"2 million dead by the end of the year": Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children
In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...
The Diseases Are Coming
For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the ...
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'It is a dangerous strategy, and one for which we all may pay dearly': Dismantling USAID leaves the US more exposed to pandemics than ever
The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are ...
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the ...
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USAID’s demise raises fears for millions of lives across the Global South
The rollback of funding for anti-malaria efforts in the Mekong is just one of many examples of cuts that are raising alarm ...
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US Cancels Ebola Aid in Uganda Despite Elon Musk’s Claims
The Trump administration has officially ended at least four of five United States-funded Ebola contracts in Uganda.
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US Claims Ebola Funding Was Restored. Ugandan Health Workers Still Haven’t Seen the Money.
Elon Musk, an unelected US official leading budget cuts, claims funding to contain Uganda's Ebola outbreak "accidentally" ...
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Rubio: 83 percent of USAID programs to be canceled
Ebola and other diseases. Nutrition assistance for infants in developing countries was also stopped. Friends of USAID, a volunteer-run newsletter supported by some USAID staff, accused the ...
How foreign aid cuts are setting the stage for disease outbreaks
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
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'Disastrous': US 'endangering' itself by 'actively dismantling' global health infrastructure
Dr. Craig Spencer, a public health expert and Ebola survivor, wrote an article for The Atlantic on the impact of the Trump ...
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.