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[https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5313045/he-led-the-2014-us-response-to-ebola-he-says-usaid-cuts-will-impact-future-readiness by Ayesha Rascoe 2/3/25 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5313045/he-led-the-2014-us-response-to-ebola-he-says-usaid-cuts-will-impact-future-readiness by Ayesha Rascoe 2/3/25 npr] | ||
That's Elon Musk, speaking Wednesday at President Trump's first cabinet meeting. It's a comment that caught the ear of Jeremy Konyndyk, who led America's response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 as director of USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. Jeremy Konyndyk joins us now. Good morning. | That's Elon Musk, speaking Wednesday at President Trump's first cabinet meeting. It's a comment that caught the ear of Jeremy Konyndyk, who led America's response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 as director of USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. Jeremy Konyndyk joins us now. Good morning. | ||
=====More babies and mothers are dying in Afghanistan after USAID cuts, midwives say===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338754/more-babies-and-mothers-are-dying-in-afghanistan-after-usaid-cuts-midwives-say by Diaa Hadid 25/3/25 npr] | |||
In March, the World Health Organization announced more than 200 health care facilities had shut down, or suspended operationsin Afghanistan as a result of the Trump administration's funding freeze. | |||