Summary
Aid freeze affects programs across globe, causing confusion and fear
USAID turmoil worsens aid distribution issues, staff fired or barred from communication
Essential services halted, risking lives in Myanmar, Haiti, and other regions
Feb 8 (Reuters) - In Ghana and Kenya, insecticide and mosquito nets sit in warehouses because U.S. officials haven’t approved urgent anti-malaria campaigns.
In Haiti, a group treating HIV patients awaits U.S. permission to dispense medicines that prevent mothers from giving the disease to their children.
In Myanmar, where famine looms and the U.S is the single largest aid donor, one humanitarian worker described the situation as “mayhem.”
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> Summary
>- Aid freeze affects programs across globe, causing confusion and fear
>- USAID turmoil worsens aid distribution issues, staff fired or barred from communication
>- Essential services halted, risking lives in Myanmar, Haiti, and other regions
Feb 8 (Reuters) - In Ghana and Kenya, insecticide and mosquito nets sit in warehouses because U.S. officials haven’t approved urgent anti-malaria campaigns.
In Haiti, a group treating HIV patients awaits U.S. permission to dispense medicines that prevent mothers from giving the disease to their children.
In Myanmar, where famine looms and the U.S is the single largest aid donor, one humanitarian worker described the situation as “mayhem.”
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