The US government reduces humanitarian expenses. Researchers warn against the impact on millions of children and vulnerable groups.
More than 14 million most vulnerable people in the world, one third of which are young children, could die as a result of US foreign assistance cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. This is reported by research published on Tuesday, TASR writes according to AFP report.
A study published in the prestigious Lancet magazine was published at a time when world leaders and entrepreneurs meet at the United Nations (UN) conference in Spain to strengthen the shaken humanitarian aid sector.
Cuts USAID and ich impact
The USA for international development (USAID) provided more than 40 percent of global humanitarian funding until Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. The State Administration Office (Doga), under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, subsequently reduced government spending by billion dollars, including extensive USAID cuts.
This reduction in the contributions “threatens suddenly stopping, even by reversing twenty -year advances in the health of vulnerable groups of the population”, warns the co -author of the Davide Rasella study from the Barcelona Institute of Global Health. “For many countries … The shock created would be comparable to a pandemic or a large armed conflict,” he added in a statement.
Millions of deaths by 2030
Based on the analysis of data from 133 countries, the international team of researchers estimated that USAID financing prevented approximately 91 million deaths in developing countries between 2001 and 2021.
According to their forecasts, the US administration announced cuts could lead to more than 14 million unnecessary deaths by 2030, of which more than 4.5 million children under five.
