A woman and her daughter attend a medical consultation at a mobile clinic operated by the Institute for Population Health and Development (ISPD), in partnership with USAID and IOM, at the Marie Jeanne High School refugee camp in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on November 29, 2024. The clinic offers general healthcare services to refugees.
The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the weekend impugning the agency that has contributed to Washington being the most critical source of foreign assistance around the world.
Musk, in early Monday live session on X, the social media platform he owns, said Trump has "agreed" USAID should be shut down.Musk's comments come after the administration A woman is shown during a small protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency was charged with oversight of OPM, on Sunday in Washington, D.C. , $68 billion US had been obligated in U.S. foreign aid to programs ranging from disaster relief to health and pro-democracy initiatives in 204 countries and regions. USAID was responsible for about 62 per cent of the total, with the State Department next at 28 per cent.
But the UN AIDS program said in a statement that in the confusion the past week, many African organizations receiving PEPFAR funding closed due to the aid pause and the "lack of clarity and great uncertainty about the future."Africa could be hit particularly hard
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