USAID Impacts

USAID Positive Impacts

• USAID programs helped prevent ~91 million deaths (2001–2021)

  1. HIV/AIDS deaths ↓ 65%

  2. Malaria deaths ↓ 51%

  3. Major progress on tuberculosis and neglected diseases
     
     

• USAID operated in 100+ countries

• Was considered the world’s largest humanitarian donor

Rapid Response Capabilities

• USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs):

  • 2010 Haiti earthquake

  • 2011 Japan tsunami

  • Turkey-Syria Earthquake (2023)

    1. (50-300) DART members deployed

    2. (5-20) DART canines

Impacts of USAID funding cuts

•  An estimated 282,000 adults and 518,000 children died in 2025

1. nutrition assistance

2. global supply chain (food, medicine, etc.)

3. closure of more than 2,000 health clinics

• Myanmar 7.7-magnitude earthquake (2025)

  1. Only 3 USAID members were sent (unskilled in disaster relief) 

  2. 24 hours later, 2 of the 3 were sent home, deemed as unnecessary use of funds