A stock of U.S.-bought birth control, meant for sub-Saharan Africa, goes bad in Belgium [NPR] ↳

Expired contraceptives show how abruptly pausing U.S. funds can freeze global supply chains midstream. Beyond wasted commodities, the stall drives up procurement costs and disrupts access to family planning programs that depend on predictable U.S. financing, NPR reports.

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Study: U.S. funding cuts could result in nearly 9 million child tuberculosis cases, 1.5 million child deaths [Harvard] ↳

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Three countries boost family planning funding in ‘powerful shift from dependency’ in Africa after aid cuts [The Guardian] ↳