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Could the loss of US funding be the catalyst countries like Uganda need to more fully fund their own research — and focus on ...
Cutting funding to American cancer researchers, American universities, and American students harms us, Americans, more than ...
This display of what it looks like for America to retreat from a strategically important country was the latest chapter in two months of tumult and recrimination surrounding USAID and foreign aid.
USAID, now shut down, was instrumental in various global initiatives, including forest preservation around the Panama Canal. The agency pioneered the Famine Early Warning System, a crucial tool ...
But for those who’ve either recently been made redundant or have survived cuts related to USAID’s dismantling, there are additional factors to consider that could come as a surprise.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Highlighting the alarming youth unemployment rate in developing countries across Africa, he expressed concern over its ...
Kirsten Weeks has worked in global public health for over 25 years. With the Trump administration's freeze on foreign assistance, Weeks worries that America's soft power will suffer. She worries ...
Building public health infrastructure in Chad Amy Bei, an associate professor at the School of Public Health, had been leading two global health initiatives reliant on USAID funding: a program to ...
His symbolic weapon of choice: a very large chainsaw. An early target: The U.S. Agency for International Development (or USAID). Charging waste, fraud and abuse at the agency, the world's richest ...
Early this year, the Trump-led administration, pulled the plug on USAID funding, globally. The “stop work” directive has brought to a halt a few major projects, especially within the health ...
The administration’s unlawful dismantling of USAID has already led to the termination of most foreign assistance programs, displaced thousands of public servants, and triggered humanitarian fallout ...