The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially closed its doors after President Donald Trump gradually dismantled the agency over its alleged wasteful spending.
More than 80% of the agency's programmes were cancelled as of March, and on Tuesday the remainder were formally absorbed by the State Department.
The shuttering of USAID - which administered aid for the US government, the world's largest such provider - has been newly criticised by former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
According to a warning published by researchers in the Lancet medical journal, these aid cuts would cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030.
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