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Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases

Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.

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Trump's team says 'no children' died from USAID cuts. Consider these 3 cases
Source: NPR News
These three children died in the wake of the cutoff of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Their parents say that the loss of medical services supported by these funds played a role. From left: Abdullahi Ibrahim of Nigeria, age 10, suffered a fatal asthma attack. Purity Wamboi of Kenya, 16, contracted tuberculosis. Ibrahim Garba of Nigeria, 8, succumbed to typhoid.

Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.

(Image credit: From left: David Augustine, Lameck Nyagudi and Kazeem Olawale Nasiru for NPR)

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