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Ebola: UN appeals for aid to Uganada after U.S. cancels its assistance

Tue, 2025-03-04 10:19 — mike kraft

UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

KAMPALA, March 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was strained by U.S. cuts to foreign aid. ...

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Analysis: Five years on from the pandemic, how has Covid changed our world?

Mon, 2025-03-03 11:42 — mike kraft

Five years on from the pandemic, how has Covid changed our world? | The panel We asked a group of experts on politics, trade, literature, psychology, work and more: what has been the most surprising or shocking consequence of Covid-19 in your field? The Guardian

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U.S. aid cuts may set polio eradication back -- WHO

Mon, 2025-03-03 11:28 — mike kraft

U.S. actions may set polio eradication back, WHO says

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The eradication of polio as a global health threat may be delayed unless U.S. funding cuts – potentially totaling hundreds of millions of dollars over several years – are reversed, a senior World Health Organization official has warned.

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Senior U.S. foreign assistance official ousted after his memo criticising Musk foreign aid cuts

Mon, 2025-03-03 11:10 — mike kraft

Senior USAID official ousted as he details problems providing lifesaving aid The memo contradicts claims by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he has put in place a functioning system for exempting lifesaving assistance from the aid freeze. John Hudson The Washington Post

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Trump administration cuts funding for thousands of foreign aid health programs

Mon, 2025-03-03 10:52 — mike kraft

US ends funding for thousands of global health programs The U.S. government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions ... India Edwards Medical Xpress

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WHO investigating Congo's outbreak of unidentified cluster of deaths and illnesses

Fri, 2025-02-28 10:47 — mike kraft

Democratic Republic of the Congo deepens investigation on cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur province | WHO | Regional Office for Africa Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and experts from World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of another cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur province. WHO | Regional Office for Africa

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Fears that Covid could cause sudden cardiac problems in athletes unfounded--new study

Thu, 2025-02-27 14:36 — mike kraft

New data: Early fears that COVID raises risk of sudden cardiac events in athletes unfounded Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reports raised concerns that young infected or vaccinated athletes may be at high risk for sudden cardiac events, but research published this week in JAMA Network Open finds no evidence that they are. CIDRAP

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Trump administration plans to cut 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

Thu, 2025-02-27 13:02 — mike kraft

Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world. AP News

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Trump administration pulls out of key global climate assessment

Fri, 2025-02-21 12:23 — mike kraft

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N.

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U.S. foreign aid: freeze disrupts medical supplies; Court again orders halt to suspensions

Fri, 2025-02-21 11:30 — mike kraft

US aid freeze sows disruption in HIV, malaria product supply chains The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world's poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months, according to two sources familiar with the sector. Jennifer Rigby,Lisa Baertlein Reuters

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