Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman Calls for Global Cooperation as Aid Funding Slumps |
Mark Suzman warns that shrinking health budgets are already costing lives in the world’s poorest countries. Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Semafor
There’s no question it’s been a turbulent year for global health. Foreign aid has fallen by more than 25 percent, wealthy countries are making 11-figure cuts to health and development funding, and low-income countries are seeing their limited resources further strained by debt. In the face of such challenges, however, the Gates Foundation isn’t backing away from global aid but doubling down—and urging others to do the same.
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See all of our newsletters“These are real constraints—but not permanent ones,” said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, in an annual letter published today (Feb. 3). “And while these conditions will have significant repercussions for global health........