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Atul Gawande@Atul_Gawande · Feb 27, 2025

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the…

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Secretary Rubio terminated over 5,800 USAID contracts representing more than 90% of foreign aid programs, defying court orders. The terminations eliminated critical health interventions including malaria prevention for 53 million people, tuberculosis treatment, HIV/AIDS services, disease outbreak prevention, emergency food assistance, and maternal health programs across dozens of countries.

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    Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

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    1. All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.

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    2. All tuberculosis programs, including the Global TB Drug Facility – terminated.

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    3. All supplies of US-manufactured emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death – terminated. newrepublic.com/article/191935…

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    4. USAID’s contract supporting deadly outbreak prevention, detection, and response, including Ebola and Bird Flu, in 50 countries – terminated.

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    5. All deployable U.S. teams for earthquake assistance – terminated.

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    6. All U.S.-backed development programming in Afghanistan, including maternal and child health services and girls education – terminated. (Estimated to cause >1,200 maternal deaths by 2028.) betterworldcampaign.org/funding/what-w…

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    7. Over 1,000 food kitchens in Sudan, a country with almost 25 million people experiencing acute food insecurity – terminated. npr.org/2025/02/27/g-s…

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    8. USAID’s contract for supplying essential medicines for maternal and child health in countries worldwide – terminated.

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    9. Services from the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - just one organization - reaching 350,000 people on HIV treatment, including nearly 10,000 children and more than 10,000 HIV-positive pregnant women – terminated.

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    10. Every USAID program in the former Soviet countries in Central Asia, including health programs to combat rampant tuberculosis, along with agricultural programs – terminated.

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    11. Screening program with the Mexican government to identify illicit drugs like fentanyl being smuggled at the US border.

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    12. A project in the Democratic Republic of Congo that operates the only source of water for camps with 250,000 displaced people in camps located in the center of current conflict.