Health
Trump Aid Pullback Spurs East African Nations to Action
A counsellor speaks to clients during an HIV clinic day in Kampala, Uganda, on Feb. 17.
Photographer: Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty ImagesFinance ministers across East Africa have boosted health spending after US President Donald Trump abruptly ended billions of dollars of aid to the continent earlier this year, sending a wake-up call for countries to be more self-reliant.
Tens of thousands of health-care workers have already lost their jobs across the continent, while many of the 17 million Africans infected with HIV — two-thirds of the global total — can’t access life-saving medication.