Between 2021 and 2024, USAID is estimated to have saved 91 million lives. Before it shut down, the agency accounted for less than 1% of federal spending.
The collapse may have already caused 762,000 preventable deaths and could lead to more than nine million preventable deaths by 2030, study says.
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is associated with measurable increases in Africa, especially in areas most dependent on the agency’s support.