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Brooke Nichols
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Associate Prof, modeler, health economist, co-creator of impactcounter.com
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jamellebouie.net
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
thijskuiken.bsky.social
Conservatieve inschatting is dat inmiddels half miljoen mensen zijn gestorven door abrupte stopzetting van USAID financiering voor HIV-AIDS projecten. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
www.nrc.nl
September 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
toefjaeger.bsky.social
Een tool berekende dat met het stoppen van USAid bijna 150.000 volwassenen en ruim 300.000 kinderen stierven. Dat zijn 88 sterfgevallen per uur. Elke 3,18 minuten sterft er een extra kind aan longontsteking, iedere 4,15 minuten een aan diarree. Dit zijn dan nota bene nog voorzichtige berekeningen.
Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
www.nrc.nl
August 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
nieuwevandijk.bsky.social
Voedsel, medicijnen, voorbehoedsmiddelen: de rigoreuze en onmiddellijke stopzetting van USAID betekent 88 extra doden per uur (!). @brookeenichols.bsky.social maakte een impactmeter die de doden telt. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

En hier een interview:

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Deze wetenschappers wisten dat er veel doden zouden vallen toen Trump de ontwikkelingshulp stopzette. Nu tellen ze de slachtoffers
Ontwikkelingshulp: Onderzoekers berekenden hoeveel doden er zullen vallen nu Trump de Amerikaanse ontwikkelingshulp USAID heeft stopgezet. Voorspellingen lopen in de miljoenen.
www.nrc.nl
August 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
sternbergh.bsky.social
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · Jun 5
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
thebradblog.bsky.social
More Than 300,000 'Preventable' Deaths Since Musk, Trump, DOGE Shutdown of USAID: Today's #BradCast

Guest: Dr. @brookeenichols.bsky.social, Assoc. Prof of Global Health at Boston U; Also: Admin attacks CBO as budget bill found to add trillions to deficit...

FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15406
June 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
minakimes.bsky.social
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
bostonjoan.bsky.social
Musk's chainsaw to programs that support impoverished folks has a body count.

Many thanks to my BU colleague
@brookeenichols.bsky.social
for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science.

103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
aprilehouston.bsky.social
#ForeignAid cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year.

Thanks @brookeenichols.bsky.social‬ for your role in measuring/documenting the impact of this cruelty! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
jeffgoodell.bsky.social
The best metric of Elon's time in Washington. @impactcounter.bsky.social
hongmathias.bsky.social Mathias Hong @hongmathias.bsky.social · May 20
Estimated deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation in the U.S. (until now)

90.377
Adult Deaths

188.584
Child Deaths

Deaths Per Hour
103

1/2
May 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
brookeenichols.bsky.social
And meanwhile, “The Last of Us” is about to become a reality TV series.

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Killer fungus could spread through parts of Europe due to climate change
Aspergillus can cause lung problems when it spreads to humans
www.independent.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
buceid.bsky.social
On his @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social spoke with fellow CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social about the human toll of US foreign aid cuts, as calculated by her @impactcounter.bsky.social.
http://spr.ly/633262xO74
Episode 12: The Dismantling of U.S. Foreign Aid and the Consequences for Global Health - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this episode, Joseph Harris explores the actions taken by the Trump administration to dismantle U.S. foreign aid the consequences that these actions will have for global health. He sits down with Dr. Beth Cameron, a former Senior Adviser to the...
spr.ly
May 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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buceid.bsky.social
Reflecting on changes over Trump's first 100 days in office, @freep.com cites stats from CEID faculty @brookeenichols.bsky.social's @impactcounter.bsky.social, estimating the toll of cuts to PEPFAR.
http://spr.ly/633262v6Us
Trump made good on cruel promises, ruining countless lives. It's made America worse. | Opinion
The calamitous nature of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office shouldn't surprise anyone who was paying attention before the election.
spr.ly
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
fionazerbst.bsky.social
103 people die every hour thanks to US funding cuts, according to @brookeenichols.bsky.social. We can criticise aid, but it does save lives.
impactcounter.bsky.social Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Apr 14
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 180,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
April 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
beinghelpish.bsky.social
This weekend, I worked on my protest signs for #MayDay and ended up doing a meme version of this one. The stats are horrifying and heartbreaking.

Amazing work by Dr. Brooke Nichols that should be more publicized. @brookeenichols.bsky.social

Thursday, May 1, 4-7PM
300 N Salisbury St
Raleigh, NC
Graphic showing the silhouette of a small child, with parts of her soul disappearing (as butterflies flying away). She’s walking toward, but not reaching the USAID logo. The headline says: Every minute, one child dies because of USAID cuts There is a USAID logo in red and blue. At the bottom is a QR code and the text: impactcounter.com/ dashboard Data from the Boston University School of Public Health
April 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 180,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
April 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
backwardsriver.bsky.social
@brookeenichols.bsky.social (no relation) has assembled an extraordinary dashboard showing the human impact of the destruction of USAid.
Of anything I have posted, I beg that you take a moment to look at it.
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
buceid.bsky.social
On BU Giving Day, this Wednesday, please consider making a gift of any amount to CEID. Your support helps fund our work such as @impactcounter.bsky.social developed by @brookeenichols.bsky.social to quantify lives lost due to cuts to PEPFAR.
Donate directly to CEID at give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 150,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Brooke Nichols
katharinehayhoe.com
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social have you seen this counter, tracking how many people have likely died from tuberculosis since USAID funding was cut? www.bu.edu/articles/202...
A screen capture of the article linked above stating that “there will be an additional death from TB every seven minutes“.
March 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM