The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development has had an immediate effect on the global health areas the agency has prioritized such as HIV, nutrition, reproductive health, infectious diseases, maternal and child health care, and neglected tropical diseases.
However, the damage won’t stop there. It’s also expected to have an impact on the management of noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs, Katie Dain, chief executive officer of the NCD Alliance, told journalists at the organization’s conference in Kigali this week.
While USAID hasn’t played a significant role in funding the response to these diseases, the major halt in funding is expected to have “a ripple effect on all different health issues,” she said.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
