AS a result of Trumps USAID shutdown. As of Thursday, it noted that an estimated 248,238 adults and 516,268 children have died as the result of the funding cutoff. This included deaths from malaria, diarrhea, tuberculosis, pneumonia, tropical diseases, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition. That’s 88 deaths per hour. Reported by Dr. Brooke Nichols, an infectious disease mathematical modeler and health economist at Boston University. .