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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/medical-experts-concerned-usaid-spending-cuts-could-impact-global-health-programs by Geoff Bennett 28/1/25 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/medical-experts-concerned-usaid-spending-cuts-could-impact-global-health-programs by Geoff Bennett 28/1/25 PBS NEWS] | ||
The uncertainty around the Trump administration's sweeping funding freeze is also alarming many in the world of global health, since it could affect key programs overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. | The uncertainty around the Trump administration's sweeping funding freeze is also alarming many in the world of global health, since it could affect key programs overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. | ||
=====Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths by Jonathan Lambert 1/7/25 npr] | |||
That argument clashes with a new study published Monday in the medical journal, the Lancet. The study estimates that USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two decades. The researchers also estimate that if the current cuts continue through 2030, 14 million people who might have otherwise lived could die. | |||
