Countries like the US and UK slashing global aid is “painful” for Africa, the head of the continent’s leading health agency says – but it also offers an “opportunity” for governments to drive down corruption and raise taxes to fund their own health systems.
Speaking to The Independent, Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which works across 55 countries, says the aid cuts are “not a blessing for us, but today it becomes an opportunity to see how to build a sovereign health system in Africa”.
