Consequences of The United States quickly cut Foreign aid is reverberate Around the world, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where The disease is uncertain With symptoms like Ebola devastated a number of villages. This disease has killed more than 60 people and becomes more than a thousand illnesses, and it is happening at the same time with an Ebola epidemic in neighboring countries in Uganda, as well as increasing political violence in DRC.
Experts say that the so -called Government's so -called effect on the US International Development Agency (USAID) has hindered the reaction to this unknown disease, delayed the subsequent surveys and prevented supplementary outbreaks.
Medical staff of the medical staff along the DRC border of Uganda have been terminated. Soldiers everywhere. The laboratory was built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US sponsorship, Mr. Tim Allen, an economic professor in London and a tropical control expert on the ground on the Uganda and DRC borders.
Nidhi Bouri, former vice assistant for global health management in USAID in the Joe Biden government, who previously led the preparation efforts and reactions of the disease, saying that the reduction of aid has created a distance in the ground reaction. We have no domestic presence, she said. USAID has previously provided important infrastructure and supports disease monitoring and prevention; It works in parallel with the US disease control and prevention center for additional tasks, Bouri said. Once a pathogen is determined, USAID is possible, in history, identifying quick ways to minimize additional spread. By suddenly, USAID, the Donald Trump administration has created a space that other agencies will struggle to completely fill.
The US Department of Foreign Affairs did not respond to comments. Prohibiting CDC is monitoring the situation closely and participating with DRC officials about what supports the agency that the agency can provide, according to him, the Melissa Dibble spokesman Center.
While the disease in DRC has not been officially defined, there are some contradictory theories that appear about its cause. World Health Organization Now doubt That unknown disease can actually be a mass toxic incident, not a virus, with water polluted as a potential source. Or, if it's a virus, it may not be a novel; Last year at DRC, an outbreak of an unidentified disease was discovered as a respiratory infection Combined with malaria. Local health officials, including experts at the African Disease Control and Prevention Center, hypothesis That this may be the case again.
In 2024, the US National Assembly occupant $ 795 million for malaria control, most of them are intended to serve Sahara Africa, where most of the global malaria infection. However, Doge directed the rapid removal of this aid quickly. The US suspension programs to prevent and treat malaria will lead to outbreaks and increase exponentially of death cases. A statement. “New modeling It shows that a year of interruption will lead to nearly 15 million additional malaria cases and 107,000 additional deaths.