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Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO chief newsthirst.
Getty Images Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid from the US, says the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). US President Donald Trump has taken steps to close the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),…