Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths

By Issy Ronald, CNN When health workers stopped visiting his home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis drugs, Ratna Jamni began dragging himself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels impossible.” The 40-year-old had been receiving treatment and mental health support for months at home after contracting drug-resistant tuberculosis, but those visits have stopped. “Every trip is painful, exhausting, and humiliating.”

Oxford University launches trial for new tuberculosis vaccine

The safety of a new tuberculosis vaccine is being tested in an Oxford University trial.

Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths

Doctors and aid workers warn that the freeze to USAID-funded TB programs is likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and a rise in TB infections worldwide, and create the conditions for an extremely drug-resistant form of the disease to spread.

Foreign aid cuts could lead to 10 million new HIV cases by 2030, research shows

Cuts to foreign aid by the US, UK, France, Germany and Netherlands, could lead to between 4.4 and 10.8 million additional HIV cases by 2030. These findings come as part of a new study published in...

Devastating HIV aid cuts could result in millions of deaths by 2030, experts warn

Experts and HIV charities have warned that cuts to prevention initiatives, including the far-reaching rollback of funding caused by the freezing of US aid – could have devastating effects on infection rates around the world. Researchers warned that global infection rates could rocket by more than 10 million by 2030 because of cuts to aid in countries such as the US, France, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. In an analysis of proposed and plan…

Nearly 3 million could die by end of decade due to foreign aid cuts: Study

Over 10 million more people could contract HIV, and nearly 3 million could die by the end of decade due to cuts in foreign aid from Western governments, according to report, citing a new research published on Thursday