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Gabriela Galvin

Global aid cuts are ‘crippling’ the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease, WHO says

More than two dozen countries are facing “crippling breakdowns” in their efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) as global health aid is slashed, according to international health officials.

The “drastic and abrupt” cuts have jeopardised progress toward stamping out TB – the world’s deadliest infectious disease – and could lead to a global resurgence, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

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