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Life After USAID

Coverage of the U.S. Agency for International Development's overhaul

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A child sits as a nurse prepares to dispense antiretroviral ARV drugs used to prevent HIV from replicating, at the Nyumbani Children's Home, Nairobi, Kenya, on February 12, 2025.

Life After USAID: Africa's Development, Education, and Health Care

by Faraan Rahim, Sofia DiFulvio, Julian T. Hertz, Banda Khalifa, Ntuli A. Kapologwe

Alternative strategies to sustain progress on economic development, education investment, and disease responses

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Expanding Medical Oxygen Access Without U.S. Foreign Aid

by Leith Greenslade

Oxygen can be a pathfinder for a new global health era when national governments sit in the driver's seat

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A man walks away from a bus that was involved in a disastrous head-on collision with tractor-trailer, in Macheke, Zimbabwe, in January 2024.

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

by Darren Cuthbert

Global cooperation could reduce disparities in emergency care, but the United States cut programs for disaster relief

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United States Led in Global Health Funding

A "Defining Moment" for Global Health Funding

by Allison Krugman

 Track how President Trump's executive orders have jeopardized global health programs that rely on the United States

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The shadow of a Philippine Army personnel is cast on boxes of relief items from USAID for the victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at Villamor Air Base, in Manila, Philippines, on November 13, 2013.

The USAID "Lifesaving" Waiver Is a Mirage Without Sufficient Staffing

by Prashant Yadav

The State Department's humanitarian waiver is essential but falls woefully short of ensuring patients receive medicines

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USAID's Global Health Priorities

Atul Gawande on Global Health's Past and Present

by Allison Krugman

In a conversation with Thomas J. Bollyky, Atul Gawande reflects on progress and future opportunities in global health