Medical Xpress October 21, 2025
Boston University

A new study projects that US funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB, with children in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia likely to experience a significant spike in preventable cases and deaths over the next decade—even by the most conservative estimates—unless funding is restored.

Health experts have warned for months that the abrupt and broad-scale cuts to global health aid from the United States in 2025 would have devastating effects on disease control and prevention worldwide.

A new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan School) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) provides the first comprehensive estimates of the number of children who are expected...

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