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Here’s how the global health system can build back better after US aid cuts

By the time the Department of Government Efficiency came for USAID, many Americans viewed global health as a relic of the early response to HIV/Aids, an excuse for other governments to spend less on health
A mother, carrying a baby on her back, getting a vaccine from a USAID mobile clinic in South Africa
HealthPolitics & Policy

Trump’s foreign aid cuts will cripple Africa’s HIV/AIDS response

US funding to fight HIV/AIDS has saved 26 million lives since 2003, with the greatest benefits felt in sub-Saharan Africa
Exterior shot of the CDC-supported National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services facility in Kampala, Uganda, 2022. U.S. Ambassador Natalie A. Brown and others walk towards the entrance. A PEPFAR flag is prominently displayed.