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Shall we defund the Department of Defense because of fraudulent defense contractors?

The DOGE and MAGA “rationale” to defund USAID is not about “waste and fraud,”. Rather, “waste and fraud” is just your cover for a racist agenda. African lives have no value to your ilk.

Boston University has been modeling the impact of defunding USAID. I posted a piece by Nick Kristof a couple weeks ago, who reported that thousands of children have already died.

AI Overview:

As of May 2025, there is no specific information about how many African children have died due to USAID defunding, but some say that the cuts are having deadly consequences. Here's some related information about the potential impact of USAID cuts on children:

Malnutrition
According to Shawn Baker, former chief nutritionist at USAID, 50% of therapeutic foods for treating child malnutrition were funded by USAID, and 1 million children could go untreated if funding is cut. In Somalia, UNICEF partners have been unable to provide therapeutic supplies and supplemental nutrition, and one Alight Africa worker said that closures have caused children's deaths.

HIV
According to Dr. Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, two to four million additional Africans could die annually due to aid cuts. USAID also funds the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which provides funds to African clinics like Witkoppen Clinic's HIV services in Johannesburg.

Pregnancy and childbirth
According to the Guttmacher Institute, if USAID does not provide contraceptive care in 2025, there could be over 8,000 deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth complications.

Other potential impacts of USAID cuts include:
166,000 deaths from malaria
200,000 children paralyzed by polio
Hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to food security, vaccines, and emergency relief