🌍 *AFRICA RELIES TOO HEAVILY ON FOREIGN AID FOR HEALTH – 4 WAYS TO FIX THIS* The freeze of US aid to Africa in January 2025 is the latest in this trend. It’s already having significant and wide-ranging impacts across the African continent. For example, vaccination campaigns for polio eradication and HIV/Aids treatment through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) have been stopped. This puts millions of lives at risk. In South Africa alone, the cut of Pepfar’s US$400 million a year to HIV programmes risks patients defaulting on treatment, infection rates going up and eventually a rise in deaths. *Read full article here:* 👇🏽 https://independentpress.cc/africa-relies-too-heavily-on-foreign-aid-for-health-4-ways-to-fix-this/2025/02/26/ --------------------------------- 🔴 Get short and instant News alerts by joining *INDEPENDENT PRESS* WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22