Ninety percent of USAID programs cut
Cuts to US aid hit global health; social media influencers pushing diagnostic tests; violence in DRC hampers MPox response; Guatemala initiative tackling women鈥檚 mental health.
As the Trump administration cuts 90% of programs funded by the US Agency for International Development, we look at the effect on global health.
Also on the program, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hindering the country鈥檚 ongoing MPox response 鈥� just as a new, more transmissible strain is discovered. And, a look at an initiative trying to improve women鈥檚 mental health in Guatemala.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
Assistant Producer: Katie Tomsett
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