What a way to celebrate the solstice.
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Maybe we should have named this thread “2025: Let’s try BETTER!”
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Trying again was already quite optimistic, but “better” seems outright unfeasable with how things usually turn out this century.
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Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14 051 750 (uncertainty interval 8 475 990–19 662 191) additional all-age deaths, including 4 537 157 (3 124 796–5 910 791) in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.
Interpretation
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the abrupt funding cuts announced and implemented in the first half of 2025 are reversed, a staggering number of avoidable deaths could occur by 2030.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext
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interesting…
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