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  • USAID kept them alive - then Trump's cuts came

    03/16/2025 3:48:18 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 104 replies
    BBC News ^ | March 14, 2025 | by Samira Hussain
    When Kajol contracted tuberculosis in January, USAID kept her alive. Now she and her family are in danger again after the Trump administration ordered most US aid spending to end. "You ask people on the street, they will say yeah, it's the US, they are the ones that are keeping it [tuberculosis] in control," said a director of a USAID project in Bangladesh. "Bangladesh was USAID's largest programme in Asia," says Asif Saleh, executive director of the non-profit BRAC organisation. "In terms of its impact, particularly in the healthcare sector, it has been massive. In 2024, Bangladesh received $500m in...