Weekly job loss report: - 171,610 global jobs gone - 18,923 American jobs gone These jobs saved lives and created livelihoods. They lifted the American economy and the global economy. Please join us in continuing to share the impact of these senseless cuts.

Community: we just published an interactive map to help folks visually understand the impact of the the USAID funding crisis. Please share!

Incredibly grateful to the @devex.com team for their work here:

The USAID awards the Trump administration killed — and kept

At the top of the list of terminations sent to Congress is a cut in funding to Gavi — an organization that purchases vaccines for millions of children across the world. An award to the Global Fund, on...

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US funding for @gavi.org has held bipartisan support for years, because it is cost-effective and saves children’s lives. Please consider calling your reps/senators to urge full funding for this critical program.

Weekly Job Loss Update: - 166,580 global jobs lost (up 55,401 from last week) - 18,908 American jobs lost (up 3,312 from last week) These numbers continue to rise dramatically as critical, life-saving pieces of our ecosystem, dissolve due to lack of funding and uncertainty.

Quick #WorldTBDay retro: Before 2025: - 2.6m patients in India treated - 100,000 treated annually in Nigeria - TB related deaths cut by 50% in Vietnam Now: - 57% of TB funding terminated - 310,000 lives at immanent risk (pop. of Cincinnati) - 24 countries lost access to treatment & care

While we are focused primarily on accurately reporting the numbers, the people are our why. Here are a few.

“Of the biggest USAID sectors, the hardest hit…are agriculture, maternal & child health, infrastructure, good governance, and pandemic preparedness.” @cgdev.org #WomensHistoryMonth #COVID19

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has named 27-year-old DOGE staffer Jeremy Lewin to top USAID post.

Peter Marocco departs USAID, remains at State Department

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In a recent interview with CNN, Harvard Chan School’s Mary T. Bassett (@fxbharvard.bsky.social) discussed recent public health headlines, including federal funding cuts to scientific research and global aid and the potential of another infectious disease pandemic.

Federal funding cuts ‘will make us less safe,’ says expert | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

In an interview with CNN, Harvard Chan School’s Mary Bassett discussed recent public health headlines including federal funding cuts to scientific research and the potential of another infectious dise...

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Unfortunately coming in with a mid-week job loss number update, as our count has seen a dramatic rise this week. Globally we can confirm now that 140,179 jobs have been lost in spite of on-going legal challenges to the dismantling of USAID. www.usaidstopwork.com

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Breaking News: A judge found that Elon Musk’s effort to shutter USAID most likely violated the Constitution, and ordered its operations partially restored.

Elon Musk’s Role in Dismantling USAID Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds

It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief co...

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BREAKING: This story is developing and we will update here as we learn more.

Judge finds DOGE's shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.

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“But foreign aid is not charity. It is the United States’ insurance policy, protecting us from bird flu, ebola, violent terrorism, illegal migration and political instability.” Operating in high-risk spaces without insurance is just a wholly indefensible position.

UPDATE: Our latest global job loss numbers are in & they have nearly doubled since our last update to 111,179. No warning, no transition plan. A life-saving sector gutted on a whim. You can find the rest of our updated trackers here:

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Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy

By retracting foreign aid, the president could make tuberculosis untreatable again.

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3.3m people dead in one year without just 5 of many USAID program areas. That’s roughly the population of Utah. This defunding is unconscionable. Cred: @nytimes.com graphics @nickkristof.bsky.social research

Really appreciated this conversation with Matt Galloway of the CBC. We got to talk about tuberculosis, the implications of defunding USAID, and the future of the disease in a world where human health is not being prioritized. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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As we continue to gather data on the impact of foreign aid cuts at home, you can find our most current state-by-state info here: www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-...

USAID Community: the House just passed a stop-gap funding measure that does not include critical foreign aid funding. Now is the time to call your Senators to tell them that restoring foreign aid is a voting issue for you. Here’s how:

New video from @nytimes.com on the impacts of attacks on USAID for domestic manufacturers of critical food products that fight malnutrition globally. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

Video: Can This Georgia Factory Survive DOGE?

Fitzgerald, Ga., wanted to become the hunger-solution capital of the world — until the Trump administration took aim at U.S.A.I.D.

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“Defendants are, as this motion is being filed, destroying documents with potential pertinence to this litigation.” Follow orders or follow the law? USAID workers caught in the crossfire yet again.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

A USAID official told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff.

USAID reach by the numbers: - basic medical care for 95 million people - education for 23 million children - $4.8 billion in economic growth Taking care of our people, taking care of our neighbors, leaving the world better than we found it. This is the best of America.

“The president does not have “unbounded power” in the realm of foreign affairs, he stated, and because of that, the Trump administration must spend the money that’s already been appropriated by Congress.” @devex.com #USAID #USAIDStopWork

Judge orders Trump to pay USAID partners, rejects 'unbounded' power

The order prohibits the government from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds."

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Very grateful to the TB Community Coordination Hub for finding ways to gather data even when funding for data-gathering has been canceled. This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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US funding cuts drives mass layoffs of healthcare workers and TB Care services leading to heightening risk of transmission and development of drug resistance Abrupt funding cuts threaten to reverse a...

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This space is changing so quickly, it’s helpful to have these snapshots to recap where we’re at. Thanks to our friends @devex.com for the visibility:

Devex@devex.com · 2y ago

This week's global development news was packed with significant figures. We take a look at some of the key numbers and the stories behind them (thread🧵).

We agree that accountability and healthy review processes are important to ensuring we are spending our money wisely. This work, though, cannot put lives in jeopardy. Thank you to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members who share this approach.

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement on Meeting with USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Peter Marocco | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine...

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We’re calling on Congress to restore the Payne Fellowship. Perhaps now more than ever, America needs to train the next generation of diplomats. We know we will need them. #ForeignService @5calls.org #AmericaAbroad

We agree: America's compassion shouldn't be a casualty of budget cuts. Thank you @lisamurkowski.bsky.social for using speaking up. Share & tag your Senators/Reps to let them know USAID is a #VotingIssue for you. #USAID #ForeignPolicy #USAIDStopWork #SaveForeignAid

We’re seeing a great deal of both primary and secondary trauma in our community these days. Here to share resources like this to help us all be well and persist. #publichealth #globalhealth #mentalhealth #USAID

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health@hsph.harvard.edu · 2y ago

Karestan Koenen, Harvard Chan School professor of psychiatric epidemiology (@harvardepi.bsky.social) and an expert in stress and trauma, discusses the impact of the uncertainty roiling the public health field—and offers tips on how to cope. Read the full Q&A: hsph.harvard.edu/news/coping-...