Starvation And Disease Stalks The World As Aid Programmes Are Cut

15th March 2025

Donald Trump is perhaps leading the headlines for many cuts in several areas of spending in USA. One of these is the cuts to USAID. However the UK and several EU countries are cutting aid partly to spend more on defence and money diverted to Ukraine.

While there may be time lag for food supplies to actually run out there are significant affects already in play from ceasing vaccination programmes to redundancies in several areas of staff working on aid programmes.

Added to this is the fact that many countries are experiencing rice shortage with prices increasing.

The fact that so many rich countries are cutting aid at the same time will have devastating consequences for poor countries but some of it may come back to haunt them as more disease spread around the world. For example measles and TB are spreading and are popping up in countries like UK and USA once thought to be free of it.

The following is just a few links from many to give a picture of what is happening.

What USAID does its impact and what Trumps cuts mean

Eighty percent of USAID programmes officially ending

First USAID closes then UK cuts aid what a Western retreat from foreign aid could mean

The impact has been devastating how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia

Setting the Record Straight How Gutting US Foreign Aid Impacts the World

The implications of a USAID shutdown

The Global Safety Net Frays European Countries Cut Foreign Aid

Aid workers warn people are dying and they are going to continue dying as funding cuts hit

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency It is catastrophic

People Will Die Trump Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees Survival Rohingya people in Bangladesh