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Estimating the human toll of decisions made by the current U.S. administration. For questions, reach out to @brookeenichols.bsky.social
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The best metric of Elon's time in Washington. @impactcounter.bsky.social
hongmathias.bsky.social Mathias Hong @hongmathias.bsky.social · May 20
Estimated deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation in the U.S. (until now)

90.377
Adult Deaths

188.584
Child Deaths

Deaths Per Hour
103

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May 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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buceid.bsky.social
Many of the health systems that might have collected mortality data in LMICs were funded by the same US programs that got cut, explains @brookeenichols.bsky.social (@busph.bsky.social). Platforms like her @impactcounter.bsky.social help fill these data gaps.
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Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees
Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say there are many thousands of cases like his.
spr.ly
May 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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hongmathias.bsky.social
Estimated deaths caused by Funding Discontinuation in the U.S. (until now)

90.377
Adult Deaths

188.584
Child Deaths

Deaths Per Hour
103

1/2
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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buceid.bsky.social
According to CEID-funded @impactcounter.bsky.social, roughly one person dies from HIV every three minutes following US foreign aid cuts. Read more in @nature.com: http://spr.ly/633242aTXs
Trump blew up the global fight against AIDS. Can it recover?
Nature - An ambitious plan to stop the global threat of AIDS has been derailed. But many are hopeful that progress can be salvaged.
spr.ly
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"The attacks on #HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress" via @theatlantic.com
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health
The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 180,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

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April 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

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#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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On BU Giving Day, this Wednesday, please consider making a gift of any amount to CEID. Your support helps fund our work such as @impactcounter.bsky.social developed by @brookeenichols.bsky.social to quantify lives lost due to cuts to PEPFAR.
Donate directly to CEID at give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

More than 150,000 and counting.

#FundingCutsCostLives

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March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives #USAID
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the combined human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
March 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Her calculations estimate that hundreds of thousands of lives will be lost to infectious diseases like malaria, TB, & HIV due to cuts to USAID, PEPFAR, & Medicaid. View real-time updates at her @impactcounter.bsky.social
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Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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buceid.bsky.social
CEID faculty Dr. Brooke Nichols (@busph.bsky.social) developed @impactcounter.bsky.social to serve as a tool to quantify, both for government officials and general public, the toll that cuts to foreign aid will have on real lives.
www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
March 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
March 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
Our overall 47 accountability tracker: the human toll of all funding discontinuation to date.

#FundingCutsCostLives

impactcounter.com/dashboard
March 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
impactcounter.bsky.social
The human toll of HIV funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

PEPFAR.impactcounter.com

#HIV #FundingCutsCostLives
March 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM