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[https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/06/05/g-s1-70255/neglected-tropical-diseases-usaid-cuts-pharmaceuticals by Patrick Adams 5/6/25 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/06/05/g-s1-70255/neglected-tropical-diseases-usaid-cuts-pharmaceuticals by Patrick Adams 5/6/25 npr] | ||
For close to two decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with countries around the world to combat neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. The term refers to a group of diseases that affect more than a billion people, causing severe pain, disfigurement, disability and in some cases death. | For close to two decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with countries around the world to combat neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. The term refers to a group of diseases that affect more than a billion people, causing severe pain, disfigurement, disability and in some cases death. | ||
=====Yemen: US abrupt and irresponsible aid cuts compound humanitarian crisis and put millions at risk===== | |||
[https://wikidemocracy.us/index.php?title=USAID_cuts_2025&action=edit by ANMESTY INTERNATIONAL 10/4/25] | |||
Aid workers described to Amnesty International how President Donald Trump’s decision to cut US aid funding has led to the shut-down of lifesaving assistance and protection services, including malnutrition treatment to children, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, safe shelters to survivors of gender-based violence, and healthcare to children suffering from cholera and other illnesses. | |||
