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.

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.

ProPublica reveals how U.S. officials marked major aid cuts even as warnings mounted about disease outbreaks. In the weeks that followed, cholera spread in vulnerable communities, underscoring the deadly consequences of dismantling public health systems mid-crisis.

The Guardian reports that U.S. funding cuts have shuttered HIV clinics, disrupted PrEP and ART supply chains, and ended community-led outreach across multiple countries. Health workers warn that prevention gains made over two decades are collapsing, with global agencies now projecting a surge in new infections and treatment interruptions that could undo years of progress toward epidemic control.

New modeling suggests that simultaneous U.S. and European aid drawdowns would erase decades of gains against infectious disease. The findings point to a geopolitical vacuum, with no major donor prepared to offset the scale of withdrawn support.

The research warns that reductions in U.S. TB funding could trigger major spikes in pediatric infections. The projections underscore how cuts undermine global outbreak control and shift long-term treatment costs back onto lower-income countries.

New domestic spending in Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia signals resilience, but the move also exposes how heavily the region relied on U.S. support, reports The Guardian. Governments are now filling emergency gaps rather than following planned transition timelines, raising questions about sustainability and equity.

U.S. cuts disrupted HIV treatment continuity, leaving patients vulnerable. Now the U.K.’s proposed reductions threaten to deepen those losses, underscoring how global health systems built over decades can unravel quickly when major donors step back simultaneously.

The investigation links the U.S. retreat to failures across disease surveillance, supply chains, and basic health services. The estimated death toll highlights how dismantling USAID’s global health infrastructure weakens pandemic preparedness and undercuts long-standing U.S. commitments abroad, The New Yorker reports.

In Madagascar, the loss of a USAID-funded health program has left remote communities without care, driving up maternal deaths, malaria, and disease outbreaks.

Somalia’s health system is collapsing under the weight of U.S. withdrawal. Clinics once supported by American aid are now turning away malnourished children.

U.S. funding cuts have derailed once-successful HIV programs in Lesotho, the AP reports. The move has forced clinics to scale back services and threatened hard-won gains in treatment and prevention

Across Africa, The Washington Post maps where U.S. aid cuts are being felt most—from shuttered health clinics to food shortages. The fallout spans dozens of countries

The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is deteriorating rapidly. The Associated Press reports starvation and death in a country that once counted the U.S. as its largest humanitarian donor.

Babies are dying in Cameroon after malaria programs lost U.S. backing. Health officials say the cuts have crippled prevention efforts.

In Kenya’s Turkana County, one in three children screened by Save the Children are acutely malnourished amid overlapping impacts of U.S. and U.K. aid cuts, drought, and climate shocks.

Five-year-old Suza Kenyaba died of malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo after U.S.-funded medication sat in a regional warehouse due to a suspension of foreign aid. The Washington Post reports that across dozens of countries, USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV supplies were late or never arrived.

In Yemen, The Guardian traces a mother’s death to a single U.S. aid decision. The story captures how bureaucracy in Washington can reverberate thousands of miles away.

In northeast Nigeria, the termination of a U.S.-funded nutrition program left tens of thousands of children without lifesaving food. One mother’s infant died days after the cut and aid agencies warn that malnutrition and child deaths are rising across Borno state

In Zambia, people living with HIV lost access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs after U.S. aid was cut. Months later, clinics remain understocked and patients are struggling to survive without treatment.