Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services
Clinics in Uganda are scrambling to find new sources for vital HIV drugs, aid workers in Bangladesh fear refugee camp infrastructure will crumble, and mobile health units may have to stop treating civilians near the frontline in Ukraine.
Services worldwide have been thrown into disarray by President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed on Monday 20 January and published on Friday halting US foreign aid funding flows for 90 days for review.
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