Stop all activities immediately, it said. The U. For Madhuku and countless others, the damage has been done. His Platform For Youth and Community Development is one of hundreds of small non-governmental organizations in Africa that receive assistance from the U.
Without U. Over two decades, the program with bipartisan support has been credited with saving more than 25 million lives, the vast majority in Africa, the continent it was designed to help most. The minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, said the U.
Experts said the effects on HIV programs remain unclear but the consequences could be swift, even dangerous. Kenny said even short interruptions to antiretroviral treatment β which stops the virus replicating in the body β are risky. Overall, even senior officials in the aid community are not sure which U. A humanitarian official told The Associated Press that at least 1. The block on aid came during a major escalation in fighting in eastern Congo , where millions of people were already displaced and where outbreaks of the mpox virus were declared a global health emergency last year.
In civil-war-torn Sudan , which is grappling with cholera , malaria, and measles, the aid freeze means , people will be at grave risk of catching and spreading those diseases, the official said. Even with the exemption for life-saving services, the official said their organization had been told they should not resume any USAID-funded activities until they received notification that the waiver applies to them.
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