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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Nearly 15,000 will have died already because of Trump and Musk’s cuts to USAID, advocacy program claims

Nearly 15,000 people - including more than 1,500 children - are estimated to have died already because of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s savage cuts to USAID, according to an advocacy program tracker.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the global health program funded by USAID that includes HIV treatment, testing and prevention drug distribution, has saved more than 25 million lives since it began in 2003 under former President George W. Bush.

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