Cuts in US help: 14 million live in danger!

Cuts in US help: 14 million live in danger!

A new study urgently warns of the dramatic consequences of the strong cuts in US development aid. In the specialist magazine "The Lancet" it is forecast that over 14 million additional deaths could occur worldwide over the next five years. Children under the age of five are particularly affected - around five million of them could amount to the reduced aid programs. Researchers from Barcelona and Salvador da Bahia, which analyzed data from over 130 countries, interviewed the period from 2001 to 2021 and created suitable forecasts for the years 2025 to 2030, such as [news.de] (https://www.news.de/gesundheit/858742252/studie-Ueber-14-million-zu-tote-tote-kuerzungen-moeglich-news-der-dpa-ktuell-- Hilfsorganung-und- undehoerden/1/) reported.

The clear cut began with the Trump administration, which at the beginning of the second term of over 80% of the USAID, which corresponds to about a quarter of international development financing. The closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USA) has severely impaired the flow of funds to programs against malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. The Morgan Foundation also warns that these cancellations could cost tens of thousands of life, since millions of children die without support from avoidable causes, such as First FOCUS.

Extensive aid programs on the bracket

The financial cuts amount to around $ 4 billion annually for programs that are indispensable for the health of mothers and infants. In particular, the expenses in the area of ​​child aid were drastically shortened, which shows in the following areas:

• 860.1 million USD for mothers and child health
• 665.7 million USD in the Economic Support Fund (one-closely basic training and clean water)
• 664.4 million USD for development support
• $ 496.6 million for the presidential emergency plan for AIDS-Hilfe (Pepper)
• 361.7 million USD in the fight against malaria
• $ 220.3 million for global health security
• 119.7 million USD for nutrition
• 115.7 million USD for international disaster relief
• 90.5 million USD in the fight against tuberculosis
• 36 million USD for neglected tropical diseases
• $ 31.5 million for endangered children

The USA has, according to estimates, prevented a total of 92 million deaths by 2021, including more than 30 million in children under the age of five. This indicates that the effects of the current cuts could adopt devastating proportions, compare the researchers with the consequences of global pandemic or a hot war. SPIEGEL

summarized, the world's help is strongly on the brink. If the funds are not increased again, the consequences for the most vulnerable social groups cannot be more serious. The coming years are crucial when it comes to saving life and protecting the progress that have already been achieved.