What will it take to reimagine global health for 10 billion people?
Abstract
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025 killed more than 3000 people. 1 The disaster also exposed the devastating impact of recent U.S. foreign aid cuts,2 reductions that eliminated approximately US$9 billion in 2025—a 67% decline in U.S. global health funding.3 4 Humanitarian experts should have mobilised within hours, supported by emergency funding for a nation lacking strong disaster relief systems. Instead, those experts received letters of termination and were ‘told to go home by one o’clock’.5
Fields of Study & Subjects
Global Health and Surgery
Global Maternal and Child Health
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- BMJ Global Health
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e020241–e020241
- Publication date
- 1 February 2026
- Language
- EN