TB Research

President Trump’s foreign aid freeze: impact on Cambodia’s tuberculosis programme

Esabelle Lo Yan Yam, Siyan Yi

Journal of Travel Medicine · 2025-02

Abstract

President Trump’s executive order to freeze foreign aid has resulted in the loss of health workers, which has disrupted service delivery and impacted TB prevention and treatment. The global community and governments must unite to strengthen health financing, ensuring that progress in combating TB is not lost.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Executive order
  • Tuberculosis prevention
  • Health services
  • Economic growth
  • Global health
  • Environmental health
  • Public administration
  • Public health