Misinformation, porous borders and aid cuts challenge Ebola's frontline workers [NPR] ↳

As the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa surpasses 1,000 suspected and confirmed cases, NPR reports that the dismantling of USAID has left the U.S. significantly less equipped to contain the crisis. A former USAID acting assistant administrator for global health warns that America's capacity to stop this outbreak, or future ones, is far weaker than it once was.

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The end of foreign aid is not the end of development [Foreign Affairs] ↳

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How Trump's Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes [Reuters] ↳