Why it is important

President Donald Trump’s administration has cut the USAID and its aid programs in the world since the US government has cut funding in January, which the US government says that is part of its comprehensive plan to remove waste expenses.

Human rights experts and advocates have warned against cuts. According to the study, USAID has played an important role in improving the global health of funding, which is mainly directed to countries with lower and medium -income, especially African countries.

In number

The study estimated that in the last two decades, USAID-funded programs have prevented more than 91 million deaths globally, including 30 million deaths in children.

Estimates suggest that the ongoing deep funding cuts – combined with the possible dissolution of the agency – an additional death may occur by 2030, including 4.5 million deaths in children below 5 years of age, it has been said in the study.

Washington is the world’s largest humanitarian aid donor, which is at least 38% of all contributions recorded by the United Nations. According to government data, it provided foreign aid of $ 61 billion in foreign aid last year.

Major quotation

“Our estimates suggest that, until the sudden amount of money cut in the first half of 2025 is reversed, there may be a shocking number of survivable deaths by 2030,” the study has said.

Context

US State Secretary Marco Rubio said that in March, the Trump administration canceled more than 80% of all the programs in USAID after six weeks review.

The remaining around 1,000 programs, he said, now under the US State Department and in consultation with the Congress will be administered “more effectively”.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Mary Miliken and Jamie Freed)