Health Check - Ninety percent of USAID programs cut
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As the Trump administration cuts 90% of programs funded by the US Agency for International Development, we look at the effect on global health.
Also on the program, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hindering the country’s ongoing MPox response – just as a new, more transmissible strain is discovered. And, a look at an initiative trying to improve women’s mental health in Guatemala.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
Assistant Producer: Katie Tomsett
Published on Wednesday, 5th March 2025.
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