US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

“There are boys and girls who are dying from this drastic cut,” says UNICEF Executive Director SpainWhat USAID is and why Trump wants to end it. Of the $60 billion that the United States dedicates to development and cooperation, 35,000 were managed last year by the USAid agency, which Donald Trump sent to summarily dismantle shortly after coming to power last January. The hole is such that the directors of several of the leading Spanish developm…

The US contribution freeze weakens the financing architecture as donor countries plan their budgets. Concern is expressed about the US contribution to the World Bank and the IMF.

Riyadh. US cuts in international aid could worsen the humanitarian situation in areas of conflict where health systems are already under severe stress, a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned yesterday.

The Gaza Strip and the Sudan are already affected by this decision, which affects "WHO's ability to monitor and detect diseases" globally, worries the United Nations Agency for Health.

US aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide

RIYADH — The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said Sunday, also warning against withdrawing from the UN agency.Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the US Agency for International

U.S. aid cuts strain response to health crises worldwide: WHO

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has effectively frozen foreign aid funding, moved to dismantle the USAID and other programmes, and announced plans to leave the WHO