Trump’s War on Health (International Edition): RIP USAID & the Latest Healthcare News

What with all the problems arising from Trump’s War on Health here at home, we sometimes forget that public health doesn’t stop at our border. It seems like Trump forgot this too when he handed over the decision about how we spend our foreign aid money to Elon Musk. Today we’re talking about the life and untimely death of USAID with someone who has had a chance to see up close and personal just what happens when America shuts down public health programs all around the world, all at once.

Plus, as always, we’ve got the latest healthcare news!

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Sara Sullivan is the founder and CEO of Koko Consulting, a communications firm that specializes in promoting global development projects. Sara has a PhD and a Master’s Degree in English from Boston University, as well as a BA in English with a minor in Communication Studies from Westmont College. She is the Director of Communications of the Alliance for American Leadership, an organization advocating for the US to continue its investment in global aid by allocating 2 cents of every federal dollar spent to international aid. You can find her on social media as Average American or at her home in Botswana, a country with a universal healthcare system where you pay the equivalent of 35 American cents per doctor visit.

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