By Nicolas Gutierrez C. THE Reading 7 min. Subscribers
With the United States withdrawing from the WHO, cutting foreign aid to fight diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS, or epidemics like Ebola, American disengagement could lead to a surge in cases and deaths.
83 % humanitarian aid programs funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have been halted (here NGOs receive Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 at Khartoum airport, Sudan).
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This article is taken from the monthly Sciences et Avenir n°939, dated May 2025.
Global health as a target? On his first day in office, January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a halt to all U.S. foreign development assistance and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). These words were immediately followed by action, including the near-total dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with 83 programs halted.
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