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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, global health correspondent

Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds

A clinic corridor largely empty but for what appears to be broken-up equipment and a mop and bucket. A mountain can be seen through the window
A clinic in Kamarak village in Afghanistan closed due to US funding cuts, leaving locals largely cut off from healthcare. Photograph: Getty Images

Aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five, according to the most comprehensive modelling to date.

In the past two decades there have been dramatic falls in the number of young children dying from infectious diseases, driven by aid directed to the developing world, researchers wrote in the Lancet Global Health. But that progress was at risk of reversal because of abrupt budget cuts by donor countries, including the US and the UK.

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