“Her one wish is that USAID programs are allowed to continue.”

“In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on May 21, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared: "No one has died because of USAID [cuts]" — the cutoff of billions of dollars of U.S. support for global health programs.

At a subsequent congressional hearing, he said, "No children are dying on my watch."

Mariam Mohammed begs to differ.

The widowed mother of two says her younger son — 7-year-old Babagana Bukar Mohammed — died as a result of the disruptions to U.S. foreign aid.

Mohammed had lived with her two sons in a single room made of cinderblocks without running water. She says Babagana was a cheerful boy who loved to ride his bike around the neighborhood and at school. Their home sits in the town of Bama in the northeastern corner of Nigeria that has, in the past, been terrorized by Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group.”

“…researchers estimate that over 96,000 adults and 200,000 infants and children have already died because of cuts, which began on Jan. 24.”

Read the full article from NPR.