Deep and ongoing USAID funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), coupled with its potential dismantling, could result in more than 14 million additional deaths across the globe by 2030. This is according to new research. The study, published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet on Monday, 30 June, highlights the catastrophic human cost of the…
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Global Health Giants Consider Merger Amidst Funding Crunch
In a significant development for global health, two of the world’s leading organisations, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Gavi vaccine alliance, are in discussions to merge some operational functions. This strategic move aims to combat a severe financing crunch. A Response to Aid Budget Pull-Backs While discussions about more efficient collaboration have been ongoing…