Friday, February 21, 2025

Mass Health Care Layoffs Across Africa thanks to Trump. Really!

So African countries are not able to pay for medical staff themselves? They are so dependent on US taxpayers?

Another case of Trump Derangement Syndrome!

"In health systems across Africa, tens of thousands of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other health workers at U.S.-funded programs have been laid off, as the fallout continues from the Trump administration’s abrupt freeze on foreign funding.

In Uganda, ~3,000 doctors, nurses, and other health personnel have lost their jobs, per the Ugandan Medical Association. 

In Kenya, hundreds of layoffs have already taken effect at key hospitals; ~41,000 health workers in the country are employed with funding from USAID or PEPFAR, health officials estimate. ..."

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