[Comment] The need to strengthen the US Food and Drug Administration: US cuts threaten health care at home and abroad
The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a series of actions since January, 2025 that directly threaten the foundations of health care, for global and US citizens alike. What started as severe cuts to development aid, which have disrupted medicine supply chains and numerous health programmes in African and other low-income countries,1 has evolved into a broader retrenchment of the USA's health infrastructure with substantial job losses across agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health, all negatively impacting patients.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a series of actions since January, 2025 that directly threaten the foundations of health care, for global and US citizens alike. What started as severe cuts to development aid, which have disrupted medicine supply chains and numerous health programmes in African and other low-income countries,1 has evolved into a broader retrenchment of the USA's health infrastructure with substantial job losses across agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health, all negatively impacting patients.
