Johns Hopkins University will lay off more than 2,000 people after the Trump administration shut down a wide variety of foreign aid programs.

Jhpiego, an affiliate of the university focused on providing health care access in developing countries, the Center for Communication Programs and the Hopkins School of Medicine will lay off a combined 1,975 people in 44 countries, according to a statement Thursday from a university spokesperson. Hopkins will also eliminate 247 positions in the United States, mostly in Baltimore. In addition, a combined 107 international and domestic employees will be furloughed.

The university is the third largest employer in Greater Baltimore, with nearly 23,000 local employees as of last August, according to Baltimore Business Journal research.

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The layoffs stem from the termination of over $800 million in foreign aid funding to the school as part of the wider federal cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Trump administration has terminated 83% of all USAID programs, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio . Trump officials have argued that much of USAID's funding is wasteful, with key Trump ally Elon Musk even calling the federal agency a “criminal organization.”

Programs at Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs reached over 80 countries, according to the Baltimore Banner , which first reported news of the cuts. Those programs covered a wide scope of health care initiatives. For example, the Center for Communication Programs received a $300 million, five-year grant from USAID in 2017 to encourage people in developing countries to establish healthy behaviors such as sleeping under bed nets to prevent malaria and being tested for HIV. The center is part of the university's Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Jhpiego programs had a similarly large scope. USAID tasked the Fells Point nonprofit with improving health outcomes in Afghanistan and with leading an international effort to promote the health of women and children.

“Johns Hopkins is immensely proud of the work done by our colleagues in Jhpiego, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine to care for mothers and infants, fight disease, provide clean drinking water, and advance countless other critical, life-saving efforts around the world,” the school's statement said.

Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs will continue their efforts to improve worldwide health in a reduced form, a Hopkins spokesperson said. USAID was the largest source of funding for both programs but a range of foundations support different projects. Both organizations are also looking for other sources of funding for future work.

Several organizations have fought the cuts to USAID in federal court. A federal judge ruled that the government must pay for all work completed before Feb. 13, but commented that the limits of the case prevented the court from ordering payments on future work or restoring canceled contracts.

Hopkins is also facing large cuts in research funding because of a proposed Trump rule that restricts the amount of money used to cover “indirect” expenses, such as maintaining buildings or equipment. Hopkins joined 12 other universities in suing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to block the cuts. Local nonprofits such as Global Refuge that work with refugees have also had to make massive cuts because of the federal shutdown of refugee programs.