CNN —President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services sent a shudder through the global health community.
The US is the world’s largest funder of global health programs, according to the nonprofit health policy and research group KFF.
Global health is really strategic investment,” del Rio added, saying he hoped Kennedy would find a way to maintain those investments.
About half of the nation’s global health budget is spent on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, according to KFF.
Worldwide, measles cases rose 20% from 2022 to 2023, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization.
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