Featured
A decade of nutrition gains at risk as US-funded systems vanish in Nepal
Sunita Neupane
Health, Moral Leadership
A decade of nutrition gains at risk as US-funded systems vanish in Nepal
Sunita Neupane
Health, Moral Leadership

The USAID-backed nutrition system that once reached some of Nepal’s most vulnerable districts has collapsed, halting screening and straining health posts already short on staff and supplies.


Photo Credit: Sunita Neupane

Sunita Neupane
Health, Moral Leadership
The Impact Feed

Curated Aid Cut News & Reports

Featured
Health, Global Health Security
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that ↳
Health, Global Health Security

NPR reports that years of progress against neglected tropical diseases — driven largely by U.S.-backed mass drug distribution and surveillance programs — are now at risk as funding cuts disrupt treatment campaigns.

Health, Global Health Security
Health, Global Health Security
Inside the Trump administration’s man-made hunger crisis ↳
Health, Global Health Security

ProPublica traces how abrupt U.S. policy decisions, including aid freezes and program terminations, triggered food shortages across fragile regions, compounding conflict and displacement. Internal documents and interviews show the crisis was widely anticipated but allowed to unfold anyway.

Health, Global Health Security
Refugees & Displacement, Moral Leadership
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts ↳
Refugees & Displacement, Moral Leadership

Reductions to humanitarian aid in Rohingya refugee camps have stripped away protection services, leaving children more vulnerable to trafficking, forced labor, and early marriage, reports the AP.

Refugees & Displacement, Moral Leadership
Blog
US aid cuts shrink Uganda’s civic space ahead of 2026 elections
Governance & Rights
US aid cuts shrink Uganda’s civic space ahead of 2026 elections
Governance & Rights

The termination of USAID governance programs has hollowed out civic education networks that once reached rural and first-time voters. The move threatens public trust and could “undermine the U.S.’s strategic interest in the region,” experts tell Devex.

Photo Credit: Nakisanze Segawa

Governance & Rights

Impact Spotlight

Impact Spotlight surfaces one key theme, sector, or region based on emerging data and reporting. Explore all data in our Impact Tracker below.

Blog
HIV
Youth & vulnerable groups are losing critical prevention systems
HIV

Kenya’s DREAMS program — which kept 66,000 girls HIV-free over three years — shut down. In South Africa, U.S.-funded drop-in centers for key populations closed, cutting off PrEP, harm-reduction, methadone programs, and HIV commodities.

Source: Physicians for Human Rights, Ritshidze

HIV
HIV
Rape survivors have lost access to HIV prevention
HIV

Health facilities in DRC and Ethiopia ran out of PEP kits, a short-term emergency treatment that must be started within 72 hours of a potential exposure. This leaves survivors of sexual violence without the emergency medication needed to prevent HIV infection.

Source: Physicians for Human Rights

HIV
HIV
HIV infections in babies are rising
HIV

Clinicians in Kenya report the return of new HIV infections in newborns — something virtually eliminated under U.S.-supported maternal prevention. In Uganda, one clinic saw 25% of HIV-positive pregnant women give birth to HIV-infected infants after ARV stockouts and rationing.

Source: Physicians for Human Rights

HIV

The Aid Report Impact Tracker is a living, public record of real-world impacts from U.S. foreign aid cuts. Each entry captures verified accounts of disruption or change — from halted health services to shuttered education programs. Every submission is reviewed and vetted by our editorial team before inclusion.

Impact Tracker

Impact Date Region Country Topic Policy Lens Impact Details
REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed

“The most difficult moment has been losing access to the basic and necessary needs of life—no food, no medicine, no cash, and no services. Every day has become a fight just to survive.”

— A community member in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, Sudan. As told to Mercy Corps following the termination of a direct cash assistance program.

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed

Three children walking on a dirt path in a dry landscape, carrying baskets of sand or soil on their heads, under a partly cloudy sky.

Share an Impact Story

Your experience helps document the real-world effects of U.S. aid cuts. Share details, location, date, and any supporting files. You can submit anonymously if you prefer. Every story counts.

Share Your Story