NewsScience & SocietyTrump orders sow chaos in global public healthIt's basically a declaration of war on public health, says one expert A U.S.-funded public health program called PEPFAR supplies medications to people living with HIV, including this sixteen-year-old girl in Kenya.Brian Inganga/AP PhotoBy Meghan Rosen5 minutes agoU.S. global health programs are in crisis.A recent flurry of executive orders and surprise actions by the Trump administration have roiled the international public health community, leaving healthcare workers scrambling and aid programs in peril.On January 20, President Donald Trump issued anexecutive order pausing U.S. foreign development assistancefor 90 days to assess programmatic efficiencies and consistency. The ripple effects spread immediately. On January 24, the State Department put out astop-work order halting foreign aid work. And on January 27, the Trump administrationplaced dozens of officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave.