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Mthuli Warns U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Could Hurt Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS Programmes

1 month agoThu, 23 Jan 2025 08:57:29 GMT

Mthuli Warns U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Could Hurt Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS Programmes

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube expressed concern on Wednesday that a US withdrawal from the World Health Organisation could lead to aid cuts for countries like Zimbabwe, which are heavily affected by HIV/AIDS.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the US withdrawal after his second-term inauguration on Monday.

During an online briefing from Davos, where he was attending the World Economic Forum, Ncube said the withdrawal could signal cuts in health aid to countries like Zimbabwe. He said:

Any country with an HIV/Aids challenge will be impacted. This is a concern, a fear we are expressing.

According to Reuters, Zimbabwe receives over US$200 million annually from the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).

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Since 2006, the US government has given Zimbabwe over US$1.7 billion to strengthen health systems and support people living with HIV, according to the US embassy in Harare.

PEPFAR contributes nearly US$90 million annually to support salaries and incentives for healthcare workers, as well as funding HIV and viral load testing, prevention, cervical cancer screening, and tuberculosis treatment.

Zimbabwe is struggling to fund its public health system. The government introduced a sugar tax on beverages last year to raise funds for cancer treatment. This year, they introduced another tax on fast food. Said Ncube:

We need to scale up our funding for health. The earmarked taxes should be directed towards health as we build our capacity to fill the gap should any funding recede.

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56 Comments

thmn · 1 month ago

instead of bringing money to better the lives of Zimbabwe you are busy buying your supporters cars and other donations kusvika 2030 muchingopemha haarwadzi here maoko enyu. hamuna nyadzi imi

👍 · 1 month ago

yaa Zimbabweans to be treated in zim including the ministers and the president

👍 · 1 month ago

uhmmmmm pakaoma

Chidhomoro,Mkomana, Chikwatanuro · 1 month ago

200 million for AIDS/HIV drugs and salaries for Health purposes , this means to say further more the health and health workers opportunity as well as standard of living are greatly affected , Uuum 🙆 .Apa Zim Zanu politics of 2030 is now a dream , things fall apart the center can not hold ,mere arnachy is loosed upon Zimbabwe .

LZW · 1 month ago

America for Americans it's time for countries like Zimbabwe to stop always looking for the easy way out going with a begging bowl to any Tom, Dick and Harry that will bail them out. All of zim's problems are a result of a incompetent government whose main interest is just to loot and cling onto power by any means necessary. America is said to be the "white devil" so why always run to them to sort out your country when you are independent? Mthuli it's high time you take your head out of your backside and you and your affiliates in that useless ruling party accept that fact that it is YOU GUYS who brought zim to ruin. What next are you going to tax and burden the beautiful of people of zimbabwe with, the air? Your day of judgement will arrive and you will face the consequences for what you and your vulture party has done.

🇿🇼45yrs · 1 month ago

So Blair keep your England and i will keep my Zimbabwe. Kkkkkk

Tigerforce · 1 month ago

Handiti makati hamuna basa navo varungu here saka munodei kwavari

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Hahaha don't worry vene say Zimbabwe is bigger than sadc

Bishu · 1 month ago

China will step in to the breech handiti. Imperialism haina kunaka. To hell with their money. Vanhu vedu Havana basa. Isu tinokwira ndege.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Musatye henyu ma****s Ema China akachipa plus paunoibudisa mushroom unenge wasara wega karing karikumasvada uku. Inonaka iyoyo, kwete ekuAmerica zitubhu rising budisi mushroom.

theLastAntKing · 1 month ago

zvamunoti hamudi vekumadokero ko nhasi mochemera mari yavo seizve

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Mati madiyiko muchaimba chemutengure...mari yekuluta yavekushayikwa..

****more · 1 month ago

sheam

Va〽️utambara · 1 month ago

hauchina yekuba ka Mtuz*i😂🤣🤣🤣

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Is it not USA's democratic right to choose who to affiliate with? Ko Zim yakavuda muCommonwealth of Independent Nations wani? Kana tichiti nyika inovakwa nevene vayo, let's out Zim. After all we ululated pakanzi Ramcharan, "Blair keep your Britain and let me keep my Zimbabwe." Trump was listening and is now keeping his US. Let our Lithium bail us out kana tirisu beneficiaries dzeManhize

mliswa · 1 month ago

look east muthuwi

Rebelyus · 1 month ago

Emmerson Disaster your Mafioso En Chief was happy that Trump won and the consequences.

Ediots · 1 month ago

🤣 aah zvashata futi kuti the Western country is making sound financial decisions to benefit its economy. ko ediot anochemei iye ari mwene anofanira kuvaka yake nyika. these ediots are good at shooting themselves in the foot. if the US withdrawls all its funding to Zim Zanu wont last a month in power. Ko anochemei iyo China iripo🤣. varakashi saka muchaita sei

😎 · 1 month ago

Is mari yacho from America as an affiliate here, or its from WHO as an organisation

jaa · 1 month ago

Ibrahim traore refused the president's salary, he receives a captain's salary. he cut off all perks tha goes with his position. he fired foreign troops from his country. Burkina faso has the fastest growing economy on the African continent. if we become selfless we can look after our aids victims without crying for foreign aid.lets avoid. the dependency syndrome because it compromises our true meaning of independence and freedom. normally aid comes with strings attached.

gaffer · 1 month ago

you're right but this is Zimbabwe kamari kose kanongodyiwa

Anonymous · 1 month ago

True. Very true.

mono · 1 month ago

you always complain about America hanty mune machines go for them America iri muzvi kwereti ne unnecessary spending nato who Ukraine all these programmes

Z · 1 month ago

ITS HIGH TIME WE FUND OUR OWN PROGRAMS. LETS LEARN FROM IBRAHIM TRAORE OF BURKINA FASO. HE CLEARED THE COUNTRY'S DEBT AND IS THE ONLY AFRICAN COUNTRY' THAT IS DEBT FREE HES BUILDING HIS COUNTRY. HE DOESN'T USE EXPENSIVE LIMOUSINE OR A LONG MOTORCADE INSTEAD HE USES A SIMPLE SUV MODEL WITH LAND CRUISERS

Patriotic Zim Front 2030. · 1 month ago

Pasi neUSA Look East Policy iripo. Minister be innovative

Green Bomber · 1 month ago

Kuchemera chekukumbira uku. It's clear that play with your friends rule is working here. At some point trump said he did not know where Zimbabwe is

saint · 1 month ago

it's high time you open your eyes 👀 mthuli Ncube utilize our precious minerals that we have in our country

Legend · 1 month ago

Koo munochemeyi nhayi imi zvamunoti tonobatsirwa neRussia neChina maakudeyi kuAmerica Koo zvamunoti masanctions asi akazobviswa here here kkkk Koo zvamunoti we are rich zvazoita sei futi

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Trump is right. He is sending an honest signal that countries should be self realiant when it comes to public health. In fact its not government that should pay attention to this, but the citizens. Aids comes from the people i.e. their behaviour. If everyone behaves ****ually responsible , they country will serve millions each year.

walter · 1 month ago

ko Aids levy iri kushanda basa rei, nhaka toonerera

Black-Scorpion · 1 month ago

Chimwe chinyika chairarama nemaDonations kunofiwa, hameno zvenyu vanopinda mupositori, musinga fukidze... inonzi shura matongo

Nhau · 1 month ago

batsirwai neRussia ka

Antman · 1 month ago

Musanyepe we pay AIDS levy and its not being used

Makatukura · 1 month ago

Aids levy inobhasharwa ne vsri kumabasa,, still vashoma as compared to mavhindi,magweja,ma vendor,ma fishmongers, Farmers,,ikoko ndokwakawandira Aids yacho,,in short Aids levy haikwane

ncii · 1 month ago

We have got gold diamonds lithium etc we are rich , let's use our own resources .Trump is right.

Mp · 1 month ago

COMRADE TRUMP MEANS BUSINESS NO TOM AND JERRY NO CARTOONS TAKING CANADA, PANAMA, MEXICO BY FIRE BY THUNDER HELL IS COMING ,ED HOKOYO

Mp · 1 month ago

you prey mantis now you telling us how much the mighty America is giving Comrade Trump will keep everyone running in all directions

dok25 · 1 month ago

If policies to reduce poverty had been made, and more people were able to get meaningful jobs the number of people getting into risky behaviour and getting the disease would have decreased by now, with the Americans donating less than half of what they are doing presently. The women get involved in selling their bodies because if they do not do so they and those they look after will die of hunger quicker and very much earlier than when she dies of the disease. Let them have a choice between real and meaningful work and selling the body, all of them will choose meaningful work

dok25 · 1 month ago

The finance minister is saying that America has been doing that despite sanctions imposed by them.

ZimSketch · 1 month ago

let our all weather friends takeover.....

do4 · 1 month ago

our president will replace the donation by the US president,he will give more than 200 million.ED ndomutemba,Mirai muone zvihombe zvàachtiitira.😁

Anonymous · 1 month ago

200 million of what?

Corruptmore Looto · 1 month ago

It's amazing how quickly they cry foul when America cuts its funding to this God forsaken teapot shaped nation of ours yet they view the US as enemy but they have no qualms accepting their enemy's money. Only fools will believe whatever nonsense this government says because they are clearly taking us for a ride.

Mugurameno · 1 month ago

Ndinovimba ChinaAid inouya kuzotsiva American

-_- · 1 month ago

It's inevitable, sooner or later Zimbabwe was supposed to stand up on its own feet.We can't expect America to continue funding us yet we consider it an enemy to our sovereignty.

just stop it · 1 month ago

mthuli , you must stop wasting our taxes on your fat salaries and global trips , and buying new cars for your gangs of protectors & enablers !!! then there will be enough local taxpayers funds to sort out Zims hiv/aids programs

Gapho · 1 month ago

Haa Pakashata shuramatongo will awake guys

Sir African · 1 month ago

Vema sanctions vaya vachawana chekutaura.If you thimk Trump will protect dictators you better think twice.He should ban them to attend UN summit meetings in his country and encourage countries like Zimbabwe to attend online