
Former USAID official on possible agency merger, funding cutbacks: “It’s not an overhaul. It’s a destruction.”
Former USAID Global Health director Dr. Atul Gawande criticized the Trump administration’s plan to merge the United States Agency for International Development into the State Department and the funding freezes that are putting key aid programs in jeopardy. Asked about the changes, he said, “It’s not an overhaul. It’s a destruction.” Gawande, a surgeon, medical…