Fatma Tanis

2 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Jonathan Lambert |Fatma Tanis

As the Trump administration rapidly dismantled USAID, the United States' largest foreign aid agency, the staff at a lesser-known but widely-praised agency were on edge. The Millennium Challenge Corporation is an independent government agency dedicated to boosting economic growth in low- to middle-income countries. Started during the George W. Bush administration, MCC has garnered bipartisan support through targeted investments in the private sector.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Fatma Tanis

As of April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shut down its Maternal and Child Health Branch, which works with other countries to ensure that mothers and children at risk of or infected by HIV receive treatment. All 22 staff were terminated. That's one of the ways that global health will be affected by the 25% reduction in staff and 35% reduction in contracts for the agency — ordered on April 1 by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Fatma Tanis

Within the span of seven weeks, the Trump administration delivered major blows that left the 64-year-old United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in shreds. The quick and sweeping actions that decimated the agency and dismantled the bulk of its $40 billion foreign aid programs had the hallmarks of a relatively unknown member of the new Trump administration: Pete Marocco.

2 months ago | inverem.es | Fatma Tanis

Observamos el impacto anticipado de la congelación de fondos de USAID, que ayudó a algunas de las personas más pobres del mundo. La Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos está programada para evaluar el asunto. Scott Simon, anfitrión: Ha sido una semana difícil para la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional. La administración Trump mató a casi todas las ayuda de los programas de la agencia de ayuda, puso a miles de sus empleados con licencia administrativa o los estableció.

2 months ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Fatma Tanis

We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.