With very special thanks to
ELON MUSK
for his generous contribution.
(he could not stay for the credits.)
Funded, in part, by - now closed:
For the poorest communities across 130+ countries.
Up to 14 million additional deaths projected by 2030 - including over 4.5 million children under five.
Source - The Lancet, 2025
For 20.6 million people who relied on it for HIV treatment.
Up to ~4 million additional AIDS-related deaths projected for 2025–2029, including roughly 300,000 children.
Source - UNAIDS, 2025
For families across malaria-endemic Africa.
An estimated 15 million more malaria cases and about 107,000 additional deaths in a single year.
Source - WHO, 2025
For children with severe acute malnutrition - the US funded about half the global supply.
Around 1 million children left untreated - an estimated 163,500 additional deaths each year.
Source - Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2025
These are projections.
They are also people.
Time is the real currency.
Some of them ran out of it.
Every figure above is sourced
Affected populations and projected impacts, not named individuals - The Lancet, 2025 · UNAIDS, 2025 · WHO, 2025 · Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2025. Figures are independent estimates of the consequences of the 2025 US foreign-aid cuts; they are projections, and they are contested by the administration.