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All Tuberculosis programs funded by the U.S. Gov were officially terminated

by chinathrow on 2/28/25, 8:41 AM with 51 comments

• by convivialdingo on 2/28/25, 4:45 PM

  Here's what I found researching this.

  US domestic TB funding by CDC, through state and local programs, have not been cut.

  The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is still funded by the US congressional appropriations through State department ($6B for 2023-2025) but future funding is in review.

  USAID funding for the Global Drug Facility was cut. GDF is a treatment coordinator which helps deliver drugs and treatments to areas in need. GDF is managed by the Stop TB Partnership (a UN OPS program) and has largely been a success so it's not going away as it's funded by multiple nations and private organizations.

  State Department could include GDF in the existing emergency humanitarian waiver.

• by smallhands on 2/28/25, 2:44 PM

  Did America voted in an enemy as their president????

• by gmerc on 2/28/25, 1:01 PM

  A the techbros cost cutting to their desired their “cleansing fire” to rid the world of the unworthy low net worth individuals.

• by renewiltord on 2/28/25, 4:23 PM

  A fascinating thing has been discovering that the US is single-handedly responsible for a raft of world improvements on its own. Despite being cast as the villain, it turns out the US government was responsible for so much of significance.

  But America was asked to leave things alone, and perhaps we should. If the US was the only thing standing between order and chaos and they want chaos: give them chaos.