USAID Freeze Hampers Ebola Outbreak Response

The New York Times reports:

The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, American officials said this week.

The officials, representing a variety of health and security agencies, made the assessment during a meeting with U.S. Embassy staff in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, on Wednesday. An audio recording of the session was obtained by The New York Times.

During the meeting Wednesday, American officials said that the Ugandan government also lacked sufficient laboratory supplies, diagnostic equipment and protective gear for medical workers and people tracing contacts. The termination of grants from USAID was impeding the ability to procure those supplies, one official said.

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Uganda’s Ebola outbreak has worsened — but the country’s ability to fight it has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, per recording of US officials obtained by @lattif.bsky.social @stephanienolen.bsky.social.

Eye-catching + worrying scoop.

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— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM