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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, Kaamil Ahmed

Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects

A smiling black baby crawls on the ground in front of a row of women sitting on chairs
The US provides HIV drugs for millions of people, such as at this clinic in Zimbabwe that prevents mother-to-child transmissions. Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/OPHID Trust/ USAid office of HIV/Aids

Clinics in Uganda are scrambling to find new sources for vital HIV drugs, aid workers in Bangladesh fear refugee camp infrastructure will crumble, and mobile health units may have to stop treating civilians near the frontline in Ukraine.

Services worldwide have been thrown into disarray by President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed on Monday 20 January and published on Friday halting US foreign aid funding flows for 90 days for review.

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