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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-loss-of-usaid-funding-affects-indonesias-ability-to-fight-climate-change by Angeles Ponpa 9/11/25 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-loss-of-usaid-funding-affects-indonesias-ability-to-fight-climate-change by Angeles Ponpa 9/11/25 PBS NEWS] | ||
The ripple effects of the Trump administration's elimination of USAID are being felt in dozens of countries around the world where the agency supported initiatives ranging from public health programs to infrastructure and climate resilience projects. | The ripple effects of the Trump administration's elimination of USAID are being felt in dozens of countries around the world where the agency supported initiatives ranging from public health programs to infrastructure and climate resilience projects. | ||
====='Neglected tropical diseases' now face even more neglect===== | |||
[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. | |||
