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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Tobi Thomas health and inequalities correspondent

Healthcare in Africa ‘under growing strain’ after US withdrawal from aid programs, report warns

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Protesters gather outside USAID headquarters on 3 February 2025 in Washington DC. Photograph: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

The United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put healthcare in Africa and the global south “under growing strain” a new report warns.

The report says the Trump administration’s cuts to programs such as US Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs of living globally have brought “new urgency” for the need to reform healthcare in the region.

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