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Michael Clemens
@mclem.org

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

wsj.comFor First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This YearAlmost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
Michael Clemens
@mclem.org
Michael Clemens@mclem.org

This person has no idea how many people have died, or will die, as a result of shattering our entire global infrastructure for providing lifesaving assistance. He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.

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Michael Clemens
@mclem.org
Michael Clemens@mclem.org

Here is some of the research documenting the mass deaths of children, women, and men, across Africa and the rest of the developing world, caused by the decision of the US President and the world’s richest man to illegally obliterate our aid agency.

thelancet.comEvaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
Michael Clemens
@mclem.org
Michael Clemens@mclem.org

That impact analysis has been done, by leading independent experts. Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —> doi.org/10.1016/S014... "The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually." Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.