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[https://betterworldcampaign.org/impact-of-foreign-assistance-cuts by BETTER WORLD CAMPAIGN] | [https://betterworldcampaign.org/impact-of-foreign-assistance-cuts by BETTER WORLD CAMPAIGN] | ||
2025 has brought the largest restructuring of U.S. foreign assistance in history, with thousands of UN programs losing funds and others facing drastic reforms. Like most Americans, we know that aid isn’t charity. It saves lives, strengthens democracies and advances America’s security. We hope policymakers will rethink these cuts and recognize foreign assistance for what it is — a smart investment in our future. | 2025 has brought the largest restructuring of U.S. foreign assistance in history, with thousands of UN programs losing funds and others facing drastic reforms. Like most Americans, we know that aid isn’t charity. It saves lives, strengthens democracies and advances America’s security. We hope policymakers will rethink these cuts and recognize foreign assistance for what it is — a smart investment in our future. | ||
=====USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths===== | |||
[https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/ by Karen Feldscher 20/11/25 HARVARD T.H CHAN] | |||
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Atul Gawande. | |||
