Overview

• The WHO predicts 15 million additional malaria cases and 107,000 malaria deaths this year due to US funding cuts.
• Interruptions in HIV projects could lead to three million HIV-related deaths, tripling last year’s figures.
• A global network of over 700 measles and rubella laboratories, funded solely by the US, faces imminent closure.
• The US withdrawal from the WHO exacerbates financial challenges for global health initiatives targeting diseases like tuberculosis and measles.
• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for a managed financial disengagement to allow affected countries to secure alternative funding sources.