US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

Protesters dressed as characters from the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, in which women are forced to give birth, protest at a US government office last month. Photograph: /Getty

The Trump administration plans to export its “war on woke” by forcing foreign governments, non-governmental organisations and international bodies to abandon working on diversity, equity and inclusion or face being stripped of US funding.

The plans have been called an attack on other nations’ sovereignty and one health organisation warned of “unimaginable effects” including a rise in deaths and violence, as safe clinics for vulnerable groups close.