Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn

<p>As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’</p><p>As the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> dismantles the US Agency for International Development<strong> </strong>(USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.</p><p>“It’s a real mistake not to be doing everything we can to control this while we’re still able to,” said Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University focusing on risk assessment of infectious diseases. “Taking huge steps backwards is only going to make everything worse.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/trump-usaid-mpox">Continue reading...</a>