In the wake of a U.S. decision to slash health funding to poor countries, the global health sector must respond with radical changes, not with “cosmetic changes,” experts told a Devex health conference on the fringe of the World Health Assembly.
Historically, the United States has funded around 40% of all official development assistance spent on health —- $12.4 billion a year.
But this year, the Trump administration has made massive cuts, including announcing its intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
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David Ainsworth@daveainsworth4
David Ainsworth is business editor at Devex, where he writes about finance and funding issues for development institutions. He was previously a senior writer and editor for magazines specializing in nonprofits in the U.K. and worked as a policy and communications specialist in the nonprofit sector for a number of years. His team specializes in understanding reports and data and what it teaches us about how development functions.
