In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, terminated thousands of employees and consolidated divisions and functions across the department.
The cuts triggered concerns among health experts, who fear they may reduce U.S. capacities to respond to public health threats and make Americans less safe. But the impact could also go beyond U.S. borders.
A document outlining the White House’s Office of Management and Budget proposal for the HHS seen by Devex also shows funding for programs such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Global Health Center — which helps investigate outbreaks globally — and the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center — which provides research training to U.S. and foreign scientists working in low- and middle-income countries — are also being eliminated.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
