Bill Gates has warned that child deaths under age 5 are projected to increase this year, reversing decades of progress.He linked this rise to cuts in global health aid, which fell from about $49 billion in 2024 to $36 billion in 2025, impacting vaccination programs in low-income countries like Somalia and Chad.Gates criticized aid reductions by wealthy nations such as the UK and the US and announced plans to donate $200 billion over the next two decades to improve health initiatives using AI.