Trump's Proposed Budget Would Cut $2.2 Billion From Global Health Spending (NPR Goats and Soda)

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Yet advocates for global health programs say they are nonetheless reeling as they pore through this week's more detailed release.

"This is an official act of the executive branch. It's not a press release," says Scott Morris, director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative at the Center for Global Development, a Washington D.C. think tank.

He adds that the shock is all the greater in light of longstanding bipartisan support for global health spending. Overall, Trump would cut the annual global health budget by about 26 percent, or around $2.2 billion in the 2018 fiscal year that begins October 1, decreasing it from about $8.7 billion in the current fiscal year budget to less than $6.5 billion...

"I have no doubt Congress will succeed in restoring some level of funding," says Morris. "But it strikes me as an insurmountable lift to get back to the level of funding these programs currently enjoy."

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