Uganda sees spike in disease-related deaths after elimination of USAID

4/22/2026

PBS News Hour - World

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In 2025, the Trump administration dissolved the $40 billion U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Days later, an exemption for "life-saving humanitarian assistance" was issued. But what that included was not specified and aid for health programs has been drastically reduced. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Uganda where there has been a spike in disease-related deaths since the cut. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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