What does a Trump presidency mean for reproductive and infant health in Africa?

The moon swells again. This feels like the early days of parenthood. We swap watch. Focus on raising the child. We’ve seen times like this before, we say. Also, these times are like nothing we have ever seen. Camille Dungy1, from "Ceremony" in Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden (Simon & Schuster: 2024) used with permission. It is sometimes said that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The opposite scenario may also apply: a healthy and progressive American economy and democracy provides needed resources and hope to many parts of the world, including Africa. Four years ago, we wrote an optimistic message in this journal.2,3 We asserted that newly-minted President Joseph Biden would reinstate and strengthen Obama-era global health programs that former President Donald Trump stripped and defunded during his four-year term. These programs included support for combatting and preventing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, reproductive health, and infectious disease research.