{"id":155993,"date":"2025-03-21T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/us-aid-cuts-millions-of-lives-in-africa-at-risk"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:43:48","slug":"us-aid-cuts-millions-of-lives-in-africa-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-aid-cuts-millions-of-lives-in-africa-at-risk","title":{"rendered":"US aid cuts: Millions of lives in Africa at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says millions of lives across the continent are at risk due to abrupt cuts in U.S. and European development aid, threatening to reverse decades of progress in global health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jean Kaseya, the Director-General of the Africa CDC, made this known at the bi-weekly media webinar news conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the U.S. Congress prepares to debate the reauthorization of the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR, on March 25, millions of lives in Africa hang in the balance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kaseya sounded the alarm on what he called a \u201ctotal disaster\u201d for the continent\u2019s health sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, the ODA funding has been slashed by 70 per cent, dropping from 81 billion dollars to just 25 billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond HIV\/AIDS, the funding crisis comes amid a surge in disease outbreaks across Africa\u2014up 41 per cent in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the loss of USAID funding has disrupted Mpox testing, leading to a 16 per cent drop in confirmed cases\u2014not because the outbreak is under control, but due to a lack of resources to track it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe turnaround time for testing has also increased in many regions due to logistical challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the aid cuts threaten to undo 20 years of progress in maternal and child health, infectious disease control, and poverty reduction.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, entire health systems could collapse, and millions more Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty, NAN reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica CDC projects that 39 million people will be driven into poverty as a direct result of these funding cuts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, as Washington debates the future of PEPFAR, African leaders are scrambling for alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Kaseya said he has been meeting with ministers and the African Union to push for increased domestic investment in health and explore \u201cblended financing\u201d strategies involving the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne innovative proposal involves leveraging the 95 billion dollars in annual remittances from the African diaspora, potentially through a taxation model to fund healthcare initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith limited time to act, I will be meeting with members of the Trump administration, PEPFAR officials, and U.S. lawmakers to make the case for continued aid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says millions of lives across the continent are at risk due to abrupt cuts in U.S. and European development aid, threatening to reverse decades of progress in global health. 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