International USAID Cuts - Tracking the Impact These Cuts are Having Across the Globe Nearly 300,000 Deaths So Far

[HomeCheese]

My logic is malaria has been globaly on the rise for years. I find putting it at the feet of actions taken in 2025 to be slightly disingenious.

While america is sorting its shit out id have zero qualms with my nation stepping up to help.. should have been more already if we actually give a fuck. Evidently we dont. Im not going to hold fucking trump to a higher standard than my own lol

Our actions would have saved lives in 2025 if the aid was not cut. This is the point of the thread, people were cheering the cuts and this is what they were rooting for.

The USAID cuts mean more people will be dying.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Think of all the lives saved in the US by deporting illegal alien gang members.

- Why? The antivax movement is prety much a american thing, the marjority of them were probably vaxed.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

@HomeCheese - I was gona start the thread below yesterday:

Malawi battles mpox as cases of the infectious disease surge in Africa​

Medicine shortages plus limited testing and hospital capacity exacerbated by withdrawal of USAID as outbreak gathers pace across countries in the region
Malawi’s ministry of health has announced three new cases of mpox in the capital, Lilongwe, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 11 since the country’s first was reported in April.

Malawi is one of 16 countries in Africa reporting mpox outbreaks as health officials battle with vaccine shortages as well as limited testing and hospital capacity.


The Public Health Institute of Malawi said the patients were aged between 17 and 41. “Investigations are under way to establish the possible source of infection and trace contacts,” the department said in a statement last week.

The first cases in Malawi come after US government aid cuts to healthcare, including HIV programmes, badly hit the country and raised fears of an escalation of infectious diseases. HIV medication programmes have been severely depleted by the cuts.


“A commonality about these cases is that some were immunocompromised,” said Richard Mvula, spokesperson for the Lilongwe district health office. Health officials had reported that patients who had been on ART (antiretroviral therapy) had been forced to stop taking their medication because of the drug shortages.

HIV can worsen the risk and severity of mpox, while effective HIV treatment can help manage the risk. People living with HIV, especially those with uncontrolled viral loads, may experience a more severe form of mpox.

Malawi had been on alert since the global mpox outbreak began in 2022 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and several other African countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-...ses-of-the-infectious-disease-surge-in-africa

- Also theres another one of people scraping for food in destroyed buildiung, food that had ben here for months or years. I must be a strogen filed mofo, that i can put myself in the place of those people.

 

[Siver!]

My logic is malaria has been globaly on the rise for years. I find putting it at the feet of actions taken in 2025 to be slightly disingenious.

While america is sorting its shit out id have zero qualms with my nation stepping up to help.. should have been more already if we actually give a fuck. Evidently we dont. Im not going to hold fucking trump to a higher standard than my own lol

I get ya bud, but when someone is already reliant on a particular source of income it's not so easy to just reorganize income streams.

Other countries can, and must, step up but that will take time.

 

[TardStrong]

TS Just tell yourself their funding was "aborted" and you will probably be fine with it.

 

[Crazy Source]

Think of the kids!

*over 200k kids dying*

I don't see how this is our problem

*white kids

 

[DoctorTaco]

Remember how conservative cheered these cuts? Musk was the happiest I ever saw him when he was talking about these cuts.

To be fair I think I’d be pretty happy to be on a stage swinging around a chainsaw in front of thousands of cheering fans.

 

[Crazy Source]

To be fair I think I’d be pretty happy to be on a stage high af on ketamine swinging around a chainsaw in front of thousands of cheering fans.

FTFY.

 

[DoctorTaco]

FTFY.

Good call. I think if I was stoned I would get in my own head about everything. Maybe the right amount of mushrooms? Honestly, I wouldn’t wanna risk it and I would just stick with ol reliable- a pint and a shot. Take the shot, then sip the beer backstage til it’s time to go.

 

[Stoic1]

As long as my taxes didn't produce another Peruvian transgender comic book or Irish DEI musical I'm okay with those 300k deaths.

 

[NoSmilez]

Malaria, TB and HIV. I am assuming these are African countries like Nigeria and Uganda. We can't get mad when China offers them "aid" and start to take over that region.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

I get ya bud, but when someone is already reliant on a particular source of income it's not so easy to just reorganize income streams.

Other countries can, and must, step up but that will take time.

Beijing ups diplomatic pressure on Africa as the US pulls back​

BY DAKE KANG
Updated 2:27 AM BRT, April 9, 2025

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese diplomats threatened to cancel a summit and called top officials in two African countries to pressure lawmakers to quit an international parliamentary group critical of China, officials from the group told The Associated Press.

It’s an example of how far China will go to influence politicians overseas, and how that pressure can succeed behind closed doors.

In the past year, lawmakers from Malawi and Gambia withdrew from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC, a group of hundreds of lawmakers from 38 countries concerned about how democracies approach Beijing, according to letters, messages and voice recordings obtained by The Associated Press.

Founded in 2020, the group has coordinated sanctions on China over rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong and rallied support for Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island Beijing claims as its territory.

African politicians and experts say it’s an escalation of Chinese diplomatic pressure in Africa, where Beijing’s influence is growing. Beijing has built deep ties with African leaders by developing mines and building infrastructure through state-owned construction companies, often funded by loans from state-owned banks.

The pressure is also part of Beijing’s longstanding effort to influence groups and lawmakers across the world, including in New York state, where a former governor’s aide faces charges for acting as an agent for the Chinese government.

https://apnews.com/article/china-af...acy-pressure-306aafddf26aae9ecccd5b8d7e5ff509

- China is having a field day, geting US scraps.

 

[Kingz]

The entitlement is astonishing.

To say their deteriorating health is our responsibility basically is saying they were always our responsibility. For what reason? Simply because it’s the nice thing to do? Maybe. But objectively, why are they the responsibility of the United States taxpayer?

That’s the problem with aid and just about any form of welfare. It only creates dependence and It never ends and what started out as charity soon becomes “blood on the hands” when it’s no longer delivered. So the taxpayer because indebted to Global Shitholia with no say in the matter.

Or they did have a say…they voted for the guy that said he was going to cut it.

You can say it’s mean. You can say it’s a direct result of USAID cuts but it’s not “blood on the hands” as if they were our inherent responsibility. They were never our responsibility.

Obviously the worldview that believes a nation shoulders the sickness of the entire globe because it does better is one that is going the way of the dodo

 

[Andy Capp]

Think of the kids!

*over 200k kids dying*

I don't see how this is our problem

Then you're a moronic asshole.

 

[heloder]

We can't get mad when China offers them "aid" and start to take over that region.

This is the sleight of hand playing out during the carnival of stupidity that is the Trump administration. Every nation being pushed away by the retard in chief is just finding a new partner in China.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'​

• Trump calls aid cuts devastating, urges other nations to contribute
• USAID cuts affect South Africa's HIV response, reducing testing and monitoring
• US has been largest humanitarian donor, disbursed $61 billion in foreign aid last year

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its aid programs worldwide have been "devastating."
Speaking beside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House visit, Trump was asked about his cutting most foreign aid by a reporter who said the decision had significant impacts in Africa.

"It's devastating, and hopefully a lot of people are going to start spending a lot of money," Trump said in the Oval Office.

"I've talked to other nations. We want them to chip in and spend money too, and we've spent a lot. And it's a big - it's a tremendous problem going on in many countries. A lot of problems going on. The United States always gets the request for money. Nobody else helps."

The State Department, which manages USAID, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The administration has repeatedly defended the cuts, saying they were focused on wasted funds. The gutting of the agency, largely overseen by South Africa-born businessman Elon Musk, is the subject of several federal lawsuits.

The United States is the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, amounting to at least 38% of all contributions recorded by the United Nations. It disbursed $61 billion in foreign assistance last year, just over half of it via USAID, according to government data, opens new tab.

The U.S. spent half a billion dollars on South African aid in 2023, mostly on healthcare, the most recent data shows. Most of that funding has been withdrawn, though it is unclear exactly how much.

The cuts have had an effect on the country's response to the HIV epidemic. South Africa has the world's highest burden of HIV, with about 8 million people - one in five adults - living with the virus.

Washington was funding 17% of the country's HIV budget before the cuts. In the months since, testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa has decreased, Reuters has reported.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-calls-his-own-foreign-aid-cuts-usaid-devastating-2025-05-21/

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Malaria, TB and HIV. I am assuming this is African countries like Nigeria and Uganda. We can't get mad when China offers them "aid" and start to take over that region.

- They already build another pretty big base here.

 

[Siver!]

Trump calls his own foreign aid cuts at USAID 'devastating'​

• Trump calls aid cuts devastating, urges other nations to contribute
• USAID cuts affect South Africa's HIV response, reducing testing and monitoring
• US has been largest humanitarian donor, disbursed $61 billion in foreign aid last year

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its aid programs worldwide have been "devastating."
Speaking beside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House visit, Trump was asked about his cutting most foreign aid by a reporter who said the decision had significant impacts in Africa.

"It's devastating, and hopefully a lot of people are going to start spending a lot of money," Trump said in the Oval Office.

"I've talked to other nations. We want them to chip in and spend money too, and we've spent a lot. And it's a big - it's a tremendous problem going on in many countries. A lot of problems going on. The United States always gets the request for money. Nobody else helps."

The State Department, which manages USAID, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The administration has repeatedly defended the cuts, saying they were focused on wasted funds. The gutting of the agency, largely overseen by South Africa-born businessman Elon Musk, is the subject of several federal lawsuits.

The United States is the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, amounting to at least 38% of all contributions recorded by the United Nations. It disbursed $61 billion in foreign assistance last year, just over half of it via USAID, according to government data, opens new tab.

The U.S. spent half a billion dollars on South African aid in 2023, mostly on healthcare, the most recent data shows. Most of that funding has been withdrawn, though it is unclear exactly how much.

The cuts have had an effect on the country's response to the HIV epidemic. South Africa has the world's highest burden of HIV, with about 8 million people - one in five adults - living with the virus.

Washington was funding 17% of the country's HIV budget before the cuts. In the months since, testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa has decreased, Reuters has reported.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-calls-his-own-foreign-aid-cuts-usaid-devastating-2025-05-21/

What a fucktard.

You make your demands BEFORE you make the cuts, Trump, you moron, that way it looks like everybody else's fault for not stepping up.

Now everybody knows it's Trump's fault and yes, it's "devastating".

Not the sharpest, is he?

 

[LeonardoBjj]

This is the sleight of hand playing out during the carnival of stupidity that is the Trump administration. Every nation being pushed away by the retard in chief is just finding a new partner in China.

- I would like to know whats the bigger plan here!

 

[LeonardoBjj]

What a fucktard.

You make your demands BEFORE you make the cuts, Trump, you moron, that way it looks like everybody else's fault for not stepping up.

Now everybody knows it's Trump's fault and yes, it's "devastating".

Not the sharpest, is he?

- He has people advising him. Thats the worst part, he isnt the shot caler, just the charismatic guy in front of the cameras!