More than $1.3 billion (£975 million) in US funding for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and maternal healthcare could go unspent within two weeks because it has not yet been released by the Trump administration, potentially resulting in tens of thousands of preventable deaths.
An analyses of US global health spending by international health non-profit Partners in Health found that the money, which had been approved by Congress, is being withheld by the Office of Management and Budget.
