US EditionNo disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it
- Malaria season begins this month across Africa, where it is the deadliest disease, particularly for children.
- The Trump administration's funding cuts to USAID threaten anti-malaria efforts, prompting warnings from health officials about a potential catastrophe in poor communities in Africa.
- U.S. Funding cuts could lead to nearly 15 million additional malaria cases and over 107,000 additional deaths globally, as reported by No More.
- In Uganda, there were 12.6 million malaria cases and nearly 16,000 deaths in 2023, many of whom were children. Authorities have previously reduced malaria deaths by 55% since 2000, significantly aided by U.S. Support, according to WHO.
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Foreign aid cuts to life-saving programs exposes US to global health threats, experts say
Malaria is rare in the US for now."Malaria is a peculiar disease, says Dr. Michael Adekunle Charles, CEO of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership to End Malaria. It's a disease that is preventable, that is treatable, that is curable.Yet, the travel-related disease strikes more than 200 million people a year. Nearly 600,000 of those infections are fatal.While malaria was declared largely eradicated in the U.S. decades ago, public health experts warn …
WHO sounds alarm: Millions of lives threatened by US aid cuts
The cuts decided by the Trump administration in foreign financial aid provided by the US could cost the lives of millions of people around the world, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Monday, according to AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
Trump administration: American aid cuts could threaten the lives of millions of people, WHO warns
In the fight against AIDS alone, American decisions "could cancel 20 years of progress, resulting in more than 10 million additional cases of HIV and 3 million deaths," according to the head of the organization.
To cut overseas aid is a moral failing and a false economy
We undoubtedly live in a volatile, unstable world. The existential threat of climate change is affecting each and every one of us at varying levels. We live in a global economy stacked in the favour of the few, at the expense of the many, and the cos...
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