Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide U.S.-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration neared completion of a review to ensure grants are aligned with its "America First" policy.

Services collapsing as #USAID cuts contracts worldwide

'Major UN health programmes were among those to get termination notices, including #UNAIDS, the #StopTBPartnership and #ScalingUpNutrition as well as projects helping millions of forcibly displaced people.'

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Food systems hold slender but firm place on COP29 agenda Despite a sense within the global food systems community that food’s presence at COP29 was in some ways substantial but lacked the pioneering spirit of food systems at COP28, some important initiative...

Despite almost one third of all greenhouse gas emissions coming from our food systems, food is not yet at the head of the main table for all climate and biodiversity COPs. But... at least it's at the table.
#cop29 #foodjustice #scalingupnutrition #foodtank
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