Ninety percent of USAID programs cut

美国国际开发署(USAID)的90%项目已削减

Health Check

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2025-03-06

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As the Trump administration cuts 90% of programs funded by the US Agency for International Development, we look at the effect on global health. Also on the program, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hindering the country’s ongoing MPox response – just as a new, more transmissible strain is discovered. And, a look at an initiative trying to improve women’s mental health in Guatemala. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Assistant Producer: Katie Tomsett
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the uk.

  • Hello, I'm Robin Ince.

  • And I'm Brian Cox.

  • And we would like to tell you about the new series of the Infinite Monkey Cage.

  • We're going to have a planet off Jupiter versus Scepter.

  • It's very well done that, because in the script it does say wrestling voice.

  • After all of that, it's going to kind of chill out a bit and talk about ice.

  • And also in this series, we're discussing history,

  • music recording with Brian Eno and looking at nature's shapes.

  • So listen wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Hello, I'm Claudia Hammond and this is Health Check from the BBC.

  • Have you seen influencers on social media promoting medical tests

  • and screening for people who are healthy?

  • We'll be hearing from a researcher

  • in Australia who wants us to be wary of tests that aren't part of national screening programs

  • in case you end up getting treated for something which would never have caused you any harm.

  • And from Guatemala, circles of hope with a lack of mental health services available,

  • the women getting together to support each other.

  • And my guest for the whole show today is Africa health correspondent Dorcas Wangira.

  • Lovely to have you back.