Report warns African health systems face strain after US aid pullback

Healthcare systems in Africa and parts of the Global South are under growing strain following the United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs, according to a report by Accra Reset cited by the Guardian.

The report links the pressure to cuts by the Trump administration to programs including the US Agency for International Development, while also pointing to the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising global living costs. It argues that these pressures have increased the urgency of reform.

Accra Reset’s report says countries in the region should take greater ownership of their health development. The supplied material does not include country-by-country data or quantify the funding gaps, so the warning is presented as the report’s assessment rather than an independent measure of system performance.