The potential suspension of financial aid from the United States to Mozambique has raised concerns about its impact on critical sectors, particularly health, according to Mozambican Prime Minister Maria Benvinda Levy. “If the suspension of external aid from the United States is confirmed, the health sector will be one of the most affected,” Levi told the press.
The U.S. Department of State has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order on January 20 to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days. In Mozambique, more than 400 million U.S. dollars could be affected, which are earmarked annually for the health sector, including 250 million dollars for the HIV program, according to a Sunday report by the local newspaper O Pais.
(Source Xinhua)
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