According to a new study in The Lancet warns that the Trump administration’s deep cuts to U.S. foreign aid could result in over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, including more than 4.5 million children under five.
00:00Now, the Trump administration's sweeping cuts to U.S. foreign aid could lead to more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030.
00:08According to a new study published in The Lancet, this includes over 4.5 million children under the age of 5, or around 700 child deaths a year.
00:18The research highlights the scale of the rollback, with over 80% of programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, already cancelled.
00:31It warned that the funding cuts risk halting and even reversing two decades of health progress in the world's most vulnerable communities.
00:40Based on data from 133 countries, the researchers estimated that USAID programs helped prevent 91 million deaths between 2001 and 2021.
00:53The U.S. by far is the world's largest humanitarian aid provider, operating in more than 60 countries.
01:00But that support has drastically shrunk since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January.
01:06The study comes as world and business leaders gather in Spain this week for a once-in-a-decade UN conference, hoping to revive the better aid sector.
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