Media Outlets Examine Global Health-Related Aspects Of President Trump’s Budget Request

ABC News: Trump budget proposes cuts to global health amid two global health crises (Finnegan, 2/11).

Devex: New year, similar budget request aims to slash aid budget (Saldinger, 2/11).

Devex: Trump complicates USAID’s already ‘broken’ budget process (Welsh 2/12).

Forbes: Trump Proposes 16% Cut To CDC As Global Number Of Coronavirus Infections And Deaths Rise (Voytko, 2/11).

Foreign Policy: Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for World Health Organization as Coronavirus Rages (Gramer/Lynch, 2/10).

HuffPost: Trump’s Budget Would Gut Global Health Programs (Robins-Early, 2/11).

PRI: Foreign aid cuts could make U.S. less secure (2/10).

Science: National Institutes of Health would see 7% cut in 2021 under White House plan (Kaiser, 2/10).

Washington Post: Trump budget cuts funding for health, science, environment agencies (Achenbach et al., 2/10).

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