Medical Xpress February 28, 2025
The U.S. government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions of people globally.
The move came in a wave of emails from the U.S. State Department that began Feb. 26.
The emails informed thousands of health groups, refugee camps, tuberculosis clinics and polio vaccination projects that their funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had been terminated, according to a report from The New York Times.
“This award is being terminated for convenience and the interest of the U.S. government,” the notice read.
The cuts affect a wide range of programs—from HIV treatment and malaria prevention in Africa to...
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