> The US has historically provided between $200m (£155m) and $250m a year in bilateral funding to poorer countries for their work on TB, the World Health Organi

> The US has historically provided between $200m (£155m) and $250m a year in bilateral funding to poorer countries for their work on TB, the World Health Organization said last week, warning that “abrupt funding cuts” would “cripple TB prevention and treatment efforts, reverse decades of progress, and endanger millions of lives”. > The WHO and UN have set targets of eradicating the disease by 2030, but even before the US aid decision, there was an $11bn shortfall in the global response. So even without the usaid money, we're still at an $11bn shortfall due to rounding! Nice try, Guardian! The whole world is shocked and awed that we stopped paying while holding out empty wallets themselves. The US isn't an empire in decline...it was given away!