Gabrielle Emanuel

Now, he agrees with Trump that government spending is at crisis levels, and he does not think every foreign aid program is perfect. But he says cutting all of USAID is cutting muscle, not fat.

Yes, well, U.S. assistance goes to a lot of things, but particularly health, helping control disease outbreaks, for example. So if we look at Uganda, it is dealing with an Ebola outbreak right now. The World Health Organization told me typically the U.S.

Yes, well, U.S. assistance goes to a lot of things, but particularly health, helping control disease outbreaks, for example. So if we look at Uganda, it is dealing with an Ebola outbreak right now. The World Health Organization told me typically the U.S.

Yes, well, U.S. assistance goes to a lot of things, but particularly health, helping control disease outbreaks, for example. So if we look at Uganda, it is dealing with an Ebola outbreak right now. The World Health Organization told me typically the U.S.

would be funding technical support, like transportation of highly contagious Ebola samples and screening at airports to make sure no one is carrying the virus across borders. But this time, that U.S. funding has stopped.

would be funding technical support, like transportation of highly contagious Ebola samples and screening at airports to make sure no one is carrying the virus across borders. But this time, that U.S. funding has stopped.

would be funding technical support, like transportation of highly contagious Ebola samples and screening at airports to make sure no one is carrying the virus across borders. But this time, that U.S. funding has stopped.

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Typically, Uganda uses money from the U.S. to securely transport samples from suspected Ebola cases to their national lab for testing. Similarly, they use U.S. funds to check travelers leaving the country to make sure they aren't carrying Ebola across borders. But that support is missing.

Typically, Uganda uses money from the U.S. to securely transport samples from suspected Ebola cases to their national lab for testing. Similarly, they use U.S. funds to check travelers leaving the country to make sure they aren't carrying Ebola across borders. But that support is missing.

Mike Ryan is with the World Health Organization. He says WHO is filling the funding gaps for now, but the freeze on aid is complicating multiple emergencies at once.

Mike Ryan is with the World Health Organization. He says WHO is filling the funding gaps for now, but the freeze on aid is complicating multiple emergencies at once.

President Trump has ordered the U.S. to withdraw from WHO and stop funding the organization. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

President Trump has ordered the U.S. to withdraw from WHO and stop funding the organization. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

The WHO and CDC collaborate on a wide range of health efforts, including a major mpox outbreak in parts of Africa and in Tanzania, an outbreak of Marburg virus, which is Ebola's cousin. There are also global efforts to monitor and contain bird flu.

The WHO and CDC collaborate on a wide range of health efforts, including a major mpox outbreak in parts of Africa and in Tanzania, an outbreak of Marburg virus, which is Ebola's cousin. There are also global efforts to monitor and contain bird flu.

CDC officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak, said the memo came as a surprise and they haven't seen an order like this before. They're still trying to understand what the implications might be for fighting disease outbreaks. President Trump started the process of withdrawing from the WHO on Inauguration Day. That process takes a year. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

CDC officials, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak, said the memo came as a surprise and they haven't seen an order like this before. They're still trying to understand what the implications might be for fighting disease outbreaks. President Trump started the process of withdrawing from the WHO on Inauguration Day. That process takes a year. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.