section_path: Changes under the second Trump administration/Malaria
section_name: Malaria
paragraph_text: Malaria
  
  The President’s Malaria Initiative, started with help from George W Bush, has been cut an estimated 36% as of June 2025. A former USAID contract employee said, “One of the reasons that we don’t have malaria in the US is because we fund and track malaria worldwide.” A doctor with Doctors without Borders made the point that there can be overlapping effects because children who are already malnourished are more vulnerable to diseases such as malaria.
  
  The President’s Malaria Initiative, started with help from George W Bush, has been cut an estimated 36% as of June 2025. A former USAID contract employee said, “One of the reasons that we don’t have malaria in the US is because we fund and track malaria worldwide.” A doctor with Doctors without Borders made the point that there can be overlapping effects because children who are already malnourished are more vulnerable to diseases such as malaria.