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US foreign aid withdrawal and global health impact 2026
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Report: Healthcare in Africa under strain after US aid withdrawal
The Trump administration’s decision to dissolve USAID pushed Nigeria to absorb 28,000 health workers who were previously employed by the agency at a cost of $200m.
A polling of over 2,000 US adults commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation found that some 75% of Americans agree that the US should restore disease prevention aid to contain the Ebola virus.
The withdrawal of Pepfar funding for South Africa led to HIV clinics closing across the country, leaving 1.4 million people living with HIV to face uncertainty about their treatment.