Overview
- The Trump administration canceled 83 percent of USAID programs and directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to absorb the remainder into the State Department.
- A Lancet analysis published June 30 projects over 14 million more deaths by 2030 if the funding cuts remain in place, including roughly 4.5 million children under five.
- From 2001 to 2021, USAID-funded efforts prevented nearly 92 million deaths across 133 countries, underpinning advances in HIV/AIDS treatment, malaria control and tuberculosis care.
- The abrupt suspension of food kitchens, health clinics and medical distributions has deepened humanitarian crises in vulnerable regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.
- Former Presidents Obama and Bush condemned the dismantling as a “colossal mistake,” and major donors including Germany, the UK and France have announced cuts to their own aid budgets.