Foreign aid cuts to tuberculosis services could cost families $80 billion worldwide

More than a year after the second Trump administration began dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the global health consequences of this unprecedented loss in international aid continue to surface. A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher has found that the funding cuts associated with USAID as well as other foreign aid could substantially increase the financial burden among families affected by tuberculosis (TB) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).