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2. Similarly, in other news - Malaria 'back with a vengeance' in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:53 PM

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Guardian, 7/19/25
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143498287

Zimbabwe’s efforts to control malaria have been dealt a huge blow as experts say the disease has returned “with a vengeance” after US aid cuts, with 115 outbreaks recorded in 2025 compared with only one last year.

The sharp rise in cases comes six months after Donald Trump halted critical funding for US research and national response programmes.

. . . the cuts in January, which included funding for tuberculosis, HIV/Aids and malaria programmes . . .

Another one supporting my short list for an elevator talk about the worst of the worst about Trump - the abrupt cessation of programs, when a tapering off with a delayed beginning would have at least allowed other resources to be found to continue the most critical programs, rather than like clinical trials in poor countries suddenly being terminated leaving gear behind in peoples' bodies, and all the time and cost that went into the trials being totally wasted, along with any benefit the treatment might have been providing.

And like in Zimbabwe, disease quickly spreading and multiplying, giving the germs and viruses greatly expanded opportunities to mutate into something far worse.

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