In the face of aid cuts, Gates Foundation narrows its priorities and defends global health funding

Ana Maria Rus

The Gates Foundation will not change course in the face of massive foreign aid cuts , holding out hope that the U.S. specifically will return to funding the global health projects the foundation has long championed, its CEO said Tuesday. Instead, the foundation — one of the largest in the world — will concentrate at least 70% of its funding over the next 20 years on ending preventable maternal and child deaths and controlling key infectious diseases. A third goal focused on poverty will divide