US EditionChildren die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished
- One of twin babies died from malnutrition two weeks after Mercy Corps ended a USAID-financed program in Borno state, Nigeria.
- The death followed cuts exceeding 90% to USAID foreign aid contracts by the Trump administration, which cut $60 billion in global assistance this year.
- USAID had funded 50% of therapeutic foods for treating malnourished children worldwide, while local aid groups like Intersos reduced staff due to shrinking resources.
- Trond Jensen, head of the UN humanitarian office in Maiduguri, called the cuts "very traumatic" and warned they could cause 163,500 additional child deaths annually without replacement funding.
- The funding reductions threaten health services for displaced communities in conflict-affected Nigeria and similarly affect sectors in Mozambique, where alternatives are urgently sought.
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