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title: "GLOBAL FUNDamentals"
description: "Global funding cuts threaten critical health initiatives worldwide, jeopardizing progress in disease prevention and treatment. Nonprofit organizations face significant financial shortfalls, impacting their ability to deliver essential services. Experts warn that reduced funding could lead to increased mortality rates in vulnerable populations. Urgent calls for renewed investment highlight the need for global solidarity in health funding."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "Maverick Citizen"
author: "2Lani and UBUNTOONS"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-09-30-global-fundamentals/"
published: "2025-09-30T15:25:02"
updated: "2025-09-30T15:25:05"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# GLOBAL FUNDamentals

> GLOBAL FUNDamentals

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS · Published 30 September 2025, 17:25 SAST · Updated 30 September 2025, 17:25 SAST

## Key points
- As global funding cuts slice through budgets like a hot knife through butter, the scramble for resources has turned into a high-stakes game of musical chairs, where the music might just stop playing altogether.
- Global funding cuts threaten critical health initiatives worldwide, jeopardizing progress in disease prevention and treatment.
- Nonprofit organizations face significant financial shortfalls, impacting their ability to deliver essential services.
- Experts warn that reduced funding could lead to increased mortality rates in vulnerable populations.
- Urgent calls for renewed investment highlight the need for global solidarity in health funding.

## Content

![Global Funding cuts](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/globalfunding1-480x312.jpg)