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“We can’t accept this dangerous new normal,” says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) USA CEO Avril Benoît. “We are an emergency response organization, but we have never seen anything like this massive disruption to global health and humanitarian programs. The risks are catastrophic, especially since people who rely on foreign assistance are already among the most vulnerable in the world.”

The US government has long been the leading supporter of global health and humanitarian programs, responsible for around 40 percent of all related funding. Abruptly ending this support is having devastating consequences for people who rely on aid. MSF remains committed to providing medical care and humanitarian support in more than 70 countries across the world, but we can’t do this work alone. While MSF does not accept US government funding, we work closely with other humanitarian organizations that do. This lifesaving work will become only more costly and more difficult with fewer partners.

Your support is now more important than ever. Individual donors—people like you—allow us to provide care, even while aid is cut for millions. Power MSF’s independent care around the globe in a moment of escalating need and diminishing support for humanitarian aid with a donation >>

Right now, our teams are seeing the devastating consequences of the US government’s cuts to international aid:

Malnutrition in Somalia: In drought and conflict affected regions like Baidoa and Mudug, maternal clinics and feeding centers run by other aid organizations are scaling down operations. The MSF nutrition programs in Baidoa have reported an increase in severe acute malnutrition admissions, while the MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital has received patients who have traveled as far as 120 miles for care due to facility closures elsewhere.
Disease outbreaks in Sudan and Ethiopia: In South Sudan and Ethiopia’s border regions, MSF is responding to a growing cholera outbreak amid rising violence, while other aid groups have scaled back due to US funding cuts. In Akobo County, mobile clinics have shut down, leaving people to travel long distances for care. Some have died trying. Local health systems are overwhelmed and the risk of preventable deaths is rising.
Vaccines at risk worldwide: The US government’s reported decision to cut funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, threatens to deny 75 million children of basic immunizations over the next five years. More than half of the vaccines MSF uses come from local ministries of health and are procured through Gavi. Over 1.2 million children could die—simply because they didn’t get routine vaccines.

MSF does not receive funding from the US government, so our programs remain financially stable thanks to the independent support of our donors. However, we operate alongside many organizations and communities that are directly affected by the aid freeze, and our medical teams are seeing the fallout firsthand.

This is a critical moment. Cuts to international aid are effectively a death sentence for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. This is a human-made disaster that will increase suffering for millions of people.

Your support today will help MSF continue to provide urgently needed medical care in over 70 countries—even as global health and humanitarian options are dramatically reduced.

Thank you for supporting humanitarian aid and independent medical care in this moment of great uncertainty and increasing need.

Sincerely,

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières USA

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