American foreign aid programs best defense against coronavirus

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/11/american-foreign-aid-programs-best-defense-against/

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First, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has built a network of health programs across the developing world which are better able to pivot to the detection, treatment and containment of COVID-19, even in the most fragile countries in the world. One-third of the entire foreign assistance budget of the U.S. government is spent on international health programs, which include efforts to eradicate polio, President Bush’s Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (better known as PEPFAR), the maternal and child health programs, the President’s Malaria Initiative, the Neglected Tropical Disease initiative, and most recently supported Ebola responses. The PEPFAR and malaria programs are managed jointly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-why-china-mask-diplomacy-114558342.html

… US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier that the country had offered more than US$100 million in medical aid to other nations – including long-time enemy Iran.

USAID's COVID-19 Response | U.S. Agency for International Development

www.usaid.gov

The U.S. Government announced on March 18, the release of $62 million from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious-Disease Outbreaks (ERF) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to address the pandemic of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus now called SARS-CoV-2.

Well, while we had this gigantic bill in congress this past week, at the same time, we are setting aiding a number of countries at the same time. It’s obviously, a difficult situation and I am sure, the Church and other Christian Charities are trying to do what they can as well.