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[https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/6/famine_sudan by DEMOCRACY NOW 6/10/25] | [https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/6/famine_sudan by DEMOCRACY NOW 6/10/25] | ||
Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war in numerous conflicts across the globe — including Sudan, which continues to endure a yearslong famine. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric doctor who just returned from Sudan, says that the famine is man-made. | Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war in numerous conflicts across the globe — including Sudan, which continues to endure a yearslong famine. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric doctor who just returned from Sudan, says that the famine is man-made. | ||
=====Fight against tuberculosis stalls in Bangladesh as U.S. cuts aid===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fight-against-tuberculosis-stalls-in-bangladesh-as-u-s-cuts-aid by Fred de Sam Lazaro 14/8/25 PBS NEWS] | |||
Earlier this year, the Trump administration’s defunding of USAID brought an abrupt halt to hundreds of global health programs, including those targeting tuberculosis. The disease kills more people than any other infectious agent worldwide, about 1.25 million in 2023. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Bangladesh on efforts to contain the fallout. | |||
