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The United Nations and several family planning organisations offered to buy the supplies to save the taxpayer-funded donation, but the Trump administration rejected the offer.
USAID-funded contraceptives worth USD 10 million pledged for vulnerable women in developing countries will be burned in France, the U.S State Department confirmed on Wednesday, in the latest case of wasted aid following Trump cuts.
The United Nations and several family planning organisations offered to buy the supplies to save the taxpayer-funded donation, but the Trump administration rejected the offer.
The aid package includes contraceptive implants and pills as well as intrauterine devices to prevent unwanted pregnancies, according to a screengrab confirming the imminent incineration.
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The healthcare provisions have been stored in a warehouse in Antwerp, Belgium, for months, but will now be transferred to a facility in France that handles medical waste. The U.S government will pay USD 167,000 to destroy the supplies, the State Department confirmed to Reuters.
