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Frontiers in Public Health· 2026Q1

The cost of blind spots: How the 2025 USAID closure weakened global outbreak detection

Alex Mirugwe

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The 2025 dismantling of USAID's global health programs, which cut ~83% of its operations, likely contributed to a multi-week delay in detecting the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, a gap that cost lives and increased regional spread.

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Field: Infectious Diseases

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