LOOK WHO'S BACK! Freddie the Customs dog is back at work at Dulles Airport after a passenger kicked him hard enough that Freddie left the ground and had rib injuries. Now he's recovered and back to sniffing! (photo courtesy @Dulles_Airport ) @CBP
Thank you for the warm welcome and honor, Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli, @PMEthiopia. The @GatesFoundation has partnered with Ethiopia for over two decades—and our commitment to driving progress across the country is as strong as ever.
U.S. global health and development aid is estimated to have saved 92 million lives over the past 20 years. We can't afford to let that kind of progress unravel: https://t.co/eqLEVzB9gA
Since 2000, @gavi has helped get vaccines to 1.1 billion children. The U.S. announced that, after this year, it’s pulling out all its money. If that happens, Gavi estimates that 75 million children will miss vaccinations over the next five years—and of those, 1.2 million children will die.
According to a @UNAIDS analysis, ending PEPFAR-supported programs for people living with HIV could result in an additional 4.2 million deaths by 2029: https://t.co/YjBtRcxNzH
Health aid is a small piece of America’s foreign aid, which is itself a small piece of the federal budget. In 2023, the US spent less than one percent of the federal budget on lifesaving global health programs: https://t.co/QaTuRs6PQe
To me, this is the most remarkable thing about global health: With a relatively small amount of money, you can do a great deal of good for a great many people. This is money well spent, and we should go back to spending it—now.
Exclusive: Sen. Thom Tillis reveals to CNN's Jake Tapper he warned President Trump of potential political ripple effects before voting against his agenda https://t.co/iTVBn7fdp3