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More than 13mn people in Africa could catch malaria owing to proposed US cuts

Lancet study underscores fears over potential impact of President Trump’s plan to nearly halve funding in 2025

US plans to slash spending on a flagship campaign against malaria threaten millions more cases and tens of thousands of extra deaths in Africa this year, according to new research on the potential impact of global aid cuts.    

Scientists project that full funding of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) would stop more than 13mn people on the continent contracting the mosquito-borne disease in 2025, but Donald Trump’s administration proposes to nearly halve its budget.

The study published in The Lancet underscores fears over the impact on global health of steep cuts to development assistance by Washington and some European capitals.

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