[Comment] Childhood tuberculosis: robust funding and integrated solutions needed now

The USA has led the world in global health activities, providing US$278 billion to low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) for health since 2000.1 Despite being only 0·3% of US Government spending in 2023, these investments contributed 29% of the total development assistance for health provided by all donor countries.1 The sudden withdrawal of US foreign assistance has led to ubiquitous dismantling of critical health programmes supporting vulnerable children and adolescents globally—most notably maternal and child health, tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria programmes.