Following the agreement to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling, Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that Pakistan would be among a series of countries excluded from accessing US financing through the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
After President Joe Biden and top Republican in Congress Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative agreement to lift the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt cap, Greene tweeted about it.
In terms of public health, the CDC is the primary federal agency. The CDC’s primary mission is to reduce the prevalence of disease, damage, and disability in the United States and around the world through surveillance, prevention, and control measures. Greene stated that the CDC’s Global Health Fund, which donates to foreign countries like China, will lose $400 million as a result of the soon-to-be-finalized agreement on the debt ceiling.
Some more nations that will no longer be eligible to receive these funds along with Pakistan
Here are some more nations that will no longer be eligible to receive these funds: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cambodia, China, Ivory Coast, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nearly $1.5 billion from the Vaccine Distribution and Monitoring Programme at the CDC is also up for elimination.
A way back from the brink of default was unveiled by President Biden and Republican leader McCarthy on Saturday after weeks of crisis talks, but it was far from assured that the compromises contained in the agreement would get the support it needed from both sides of the aisle.
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