USAID Aid Cuts Impact Malnourished Twins

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USAID aid cuts

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Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished

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The Trump administration cut more than 90% of USAID 's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world.

About 400,000 people at the humanitarian hub of Dikwa , Nigeria , rely on assistance.

When she gave birth to twins last August , both were severely underweight.

The U.S. Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response.

Mercy Corps says 40 of its 62 U.S.-funded programs with the potential to reach 3.5 million people have been terminated.

In Mozambique , where jihadist violence in the north has displaced over a million people since 2017 , humanitarian organizations face steep shortfalls with “devastating” effects on the needy.

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