Pakistan TB Deaths will Increase as USAID Funding Ends by Phil Pasquini 19 Mar 2025
ARTICLE BELOW FROM COUNTERCURRENTS...NOTE THAT CURRENT ARTICLES ARE POSTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ARTICLE. Pakistan TB Deaths will Increase as USAID Funding Ends by Phil Pasquini 19 Mar 2025 On Friday, March 7 all tuberculosis (TB) related health activities were terminated in Pakistan and elsewhere as a result of President Trump’s January 20 executive order ending the $44 billion funding of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department projects for 90 days. The proclamation also called for all foreign service officers (FSO) in Pakistan to be placed on administrative leave. According to the order, the administration will review each of the funded programs to decide how to move forward in considering whether to make changes, cancel or better “align” them with “Trump’s priorities.” The operative term being “priorities” that in Trump world change frequently and often. Worldwide, the highest rates of new TB cases occur in India, Indonesia, Chi...