Overview
- The Lancet-published study projects that slashing 83 percent of USAID budgets could cause 14 million preventable deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under five.
- USAID’s programs from 2001 to 2021 averted 91 million deaths worldwide and cut global mortality by 15 percent and child mortality by 32 percent.
- President Trump’s order to integrate the remaining USAID functions into the State Department has effectively dismantled the agency’s independence.
- Key European donors have announced substantial aid reductions at the Sevilla conference, threatening to deepen funding gaps in health, nutrition, and sanitation projects.
- Participants at the IV United Nations Financing for Development Conference are seeking new financing mechanisms to sustain two decades of health gains.