US funding cuts could result in nearly 9 million child tuberculosis cases, 1.5 million child deaths

A new study projects that US funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric TB, with children in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia likely to experience a spike in preventable cases and deaths over the next decade.

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