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The Mortality Impacts of Usaid Cuts


A special series of five forecasts on the Trump Administration's cuts to some of USAID's most effective programs.

Indeed, the Trump Administration’s FY2026 budget request still proposes$3.8 billion in global health spending — a greater than 60% reduction from years previous. For this special feature, we commissioned forecasts on increased mortality as the result of USAID disruptions across five of its programmatic areas: Charles Kenny and Justin Sandefur, of the Center for Global Development, have compiled estimates of total USAID cuts by sector and by country.

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