What to know about the deadly impacts of USAID cuts

The foreign aid landscape has changed dramatically since U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, once the world’s largest humanitarian donor. USAID's dissolution has been devastating for millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

The Associated Press has documented widespread severe hunger, shortages of lifesaving medicine and spikes in child marriage, kidnapping and trafficking of children — consequences that are all linked to the funding cuts. The U.S. typically spent around 1% of its federal budget on U.S. foreign assistance. Critics of the agency say it was wasteful and poorly run.

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