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Subject: End of an Era: Gates Foundation to Close in 2045
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People enduring war, facing starvation, recovering from torture, or living with HIV/AIDS are among the casualties of foreign aid cuts during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. In South Sudan, people have died before they could reach the nearest hospital after Save the Children closed one-fourth of its clinics. In Tanzania, Eswatini, and Lesotho, only some AIDS relief efforts have resumed after an initial shutdown. And food aid has ended in Yemen and Afghanistan, both of which face severe hunger crises. The president of the Center for Victims of Torture, which helps people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Jordan and has lost 75 percent of its budget, said the cuts meant “literally just shutting and locking doors and telling them we don’t know if and when we’ll ever be able to resume again.” (Washington Post)
A new generation of civil rights activists in the South are renewing a push for universal access to health care, which was also a priority for their forebears in the 1960s. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, but as many Southern states decline to expand eligibility for Medicaid, hospitals are closing, doctors can be scarce, and underserved Black communities continue to have worse health outcomes than predominantly white areas. Advocates cite the example of Martin Luther King Jr., who called health care injustice “the most shocking and the most inhuman” form of inequality. “The connection between Medicare, Medicaid, and the civil rights movement was there from the beginning,” said a scholar of public health history. (Stateline)
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