A memo reportedly written by Trump aides has laid out a three-pronged blueprint suggesting how the Trump administration should redesign international aid under the U.S. State Department.
“Simply put, Congress and the Executive Branch have been funding and implementing programs on auto-pilot,” according to the memo, of which Devex obtained a copy. “The United States had an archaic system that needed to be dismantled to fix it properly.”
The changes include renaming the U.S. Agency for International Development as the U.S. Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance, or IHA, with a “narrow mandate” focused on humanitarian assistance, such as responding to natural disasters, preventing famines, containing disease outbreaks, and food security. This also includes a “modified” U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which is the country’s global programming on HIV prevention and treatment.
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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.
