This claims doge did not cut funding to this particular USAID program, practically, and blames stuck negotiations between the US and Mexico on relations strained recently. The program manager(s) did decide to move the protection to Mexico instead of the narrower passage (in Panama I believe)

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/we-once-rid-the-us-of-this-nasty-parasite-now-it-could-be-coming-back/