In DRC, clinicians report increases in uterine ruptures, maternal deaths, and untreated cervical cancer as women delay care due to new fees and longer travel distances. In Madagascar, the termination of a USAID-supported maternal health program — previously credited with halving maternal and neonatal mortality in target regions — has led to sharp declines in referrals and facility-based deliveries.

Sources: Physicians for Human Rights, MSH

In Rwanda, the termination of the USAID-funded Ireme Project halted scholarships for 500 midwifery students, cutting off care for an estimated 250,000–500,000 women in the first year alone. In Afghanistan, a USAID program mentoring 9,000 maternal and newborn health workers was terminated, ending hands-on training in one of the world’s most dangerous places to give birth.

Source: MSH

In Afghanistan, women report traveling long distances to Kabul or Charikar after village clinics closed, often unable to afford transport or fees. In Uganda, the termination of community health programs has left millions of households without a local point of contact for prenatal and delivery care.

Source: CARE

The dismantling of USAID has shuttered agricultural research labs and destabilized international crop science, with consequences likely to emerge decades from now. Scientists warn today’s cuts could fuel future food shortages and price spikes.

Essential health efforts have been hobbled in many low- and middle-income nations, leaving care gaps and forcing governments to explore new funding strategies, reports Think Global Health.

After U.S. aid cuts disrupted malaria treatment in northern Cameroon, clinics ran short of lifesaving drugs and unpaid health workers struggled to fill the gaps. The New York Times investigates how quickly progress against malaria can unravel when supply chains and frontline care are broken.

Sharp cuts to U.S. foreign aid for the World Food Programme have left refugees at the Kakuma camp in Kenya severely malnourished, with pregnant women facing life-threatening complications, reports ProPublica. Many families must choose between returning to starvation outside the hospital or staying indefinitely to access basic meals.

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.

With USAID programs gutted, conservative groups are advancing new aid frameworks that sideline sexual and reproductive health. Advocates warn this shift could deepen contraceptive shortages and raise the risk of unsafe abortions, The Guardian reports.

ProPublica investigates impacts after the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world. Thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved. Here, the authors follow the story of Rose Natabo, who works tirelessly to keep her children alive even amid deep food insecurity caused by the cuts.

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.

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.

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.

Bill Gates tells Politico that projected increases in child mortality are closely tied to recent foreign aid cuts by the U.S. and other wealthy countries, following decades of steady progress. While the Trump administration disputes the link, Gates argues the scale and speed of the cuts have had deadly consequences.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace reports that the abrupt reduction in U.S. humanitarian aid has left major gaps in global emergency response systems and strained the ability of the United Nations and partner organizations to meet rising humanitarian needs. The funding shock presents both a crisis and a potential inflection point for reforming the international humanitarian system.

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

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