'I'm alive thanks to US foreign aid'

The BBC speaks to people around the world who will be affected if Donald Trump shuts the US's main overseas aid agency.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewsletters'I'm alive thanks to US foreign aid'4 days agoBBC World ServiceUNIANDmytro Sherembey credits USAID with saving his life"I'm alive thanks to USAID," says Dmytro Sherembey.

He's been living with HIV for 24 years in Ukraine, and says the agency, which distributes billions of dollars of aid around the world, has helped prevent the virus from spreading there.

"Every second HIV-positive person in Ukraine was identified thanks to this programme," Mr Sherembey adds.

But the future of USAID (the United States Agency for International Development) is now very uncertain.

One of US President Donald Trump's first actions after returning to office was signing an executive order pausing almost all foreign assistance for 90 days while a review could be carried out. He has said USAID is run by "radical left lunatics" and is getting away with "tremendous fraud" - without giving evidence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwxj08ey5ko

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