U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them: up to 18 million additional cases of malaria…

Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health Organization on Friday offered a new theory that seemingly contradicts African…

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” The projects terminated include H.I.V. treatment programs that…