Trump Proposes Deep Cuts In Detecting Disease Outbreaks Worldwide
The budget would eliminate $120 million a year from an ambitious U.S. program that aims to set up an early-warning system for infectious diseases.
by Michaeleen Doucleff
Feb 12, 2018
2 minutes
There's a glaring hole in President Trump's budget proposal for 2019, global health researchers say. A U.S. program to help other countries beef up their ability to detect pathogens around the world will lose a significant portion of its funding.
The ambitious , called Global Health Security Agenda, was launched in early 2014, aiming to set up an early-warning system for infectious diseases across
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