US foreign aid cuts could cause additional 22 lakh deaths in high-burden TB countries: Study
Published on: Sept. 11, 2025, 2:01 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Sept 11: Recent cuts to US foreign aid could impact tuberculosis programmes in high-burden countries like India, potentially resulting in additional 22 lakh deaths over the next five years, a study has estimated. The US contributed over 55 per cent of foreign funds for tuberculosis (TB) programmes in 2024, researchers from the US-based Avenir Health and ‘Stop TB Partnership’, a United Nations entity, said. In March, President Donald Trump’s administration announced an 83 per cent cut to […]
