US cuts health aid to Zimbabwe

美国削减对津巴布韦的医疗援助

Newshour

2026-02-26

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The United States is ending its health programmes in Zimbabwe, including HIV treatment for one point two million people. The US embassy said Harare had pulled out of negotiations over a new health aid agreement which would have provided 367 million dollars over five years. The US has been renegotiating aid to Africa following the abolition of USAID by President Trump.   Also on the programme: The influential economist, Larry Summers, resigns from Harvard over the Epstein files and the Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, apologises to staff about his links with the convicted sex offender; and we'll hear why Emperor penguins are facing the threat of extinction.   (Photo shows a health official opening a rapid HIV test during the launch of Lenacapavir, a long‑acting HIV prevention injection outside Harare, Zimbabwe on 19 February 2026.Credit: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
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  • But first, for a US administration which likes to do deals,

  • the failure of this one has far-reaching consequences.

  • The American Embassy in Zimbabwe says it's ending some $367 million of health funding to the country,

  • which is used to support the treatment of HIV and AIDS,

  • tuberculosis, malaria and maternal and child health.

  • It leaves 1.2 million men,

  • women and children who currently rely on American funds for their HIV treatment now in limbo.

  • The U.S.

  • blames Zimbabwe for the breakdown in the agreement saying that it's already signed health funding deals with 16 African nations.