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Ebola response hobbled by US withdrawal from global health by Joseph Choi - 05/24/26 5:00 PM ET Link copied Use the QR
Ebola response hobbled by US withdrawal from global health
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5892230-ebola-outbreak-trump-cuts/
by Joseph Choi - 05/24/26 5:00 PM ET
The Ebola outbreak spreading throughout Central Africa is the first major outbreak since the Trump administration demolished its global health programs and largely withdrew from the world stage last year.
Experts say the absence is palpable.
While the U.S. is sending resources and teams of experts overseas, public health and infectious disease experts say President Trump’s cuts are undermining the response and likely delayed detection of the virus.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shuttered last year, with operations officially ceasing in the summer. At the same time, the U.S. moved to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), effective at the beginning of this year.
These two developments marked the end of the U.S.’s dominant stance in global public health, according to people on the ground. ......................