Manuel Martin
@mksjm.bsky.social
Health/social justice. Policy. Sometimes a medical doctor.
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Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Reposted by Manuel Martin
This is almost another global emergency for countries heavily dependent on the aid coming from the US! It’s time for countries in global south to stand up for each other.
As the U.S. abandons foreign aid, an urgent conversation is starting among governments, philanthropists, and global health and development organizations.
It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this gap?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/h...
It is centered on one crucial question: Who will fill this gap?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/h...
As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap? (Gift Article)
China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is almost another global emergency for countries heavily dependent on the aid coming from the US! It’s time for countries in global south to stand up for each other.