Lusaka, May 8, 2025 (AFP) - US cuts $50mn health aid to Zambia over medicines theft

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2025-05-08

The United States will cut $50 million in annual medical funding to Zambia over its weak response to the alleged theft and sale of donated drugs meant to be provided for free, its ambassador said on Thursday. The US embassy had in 2024 demanded Lusaka act on "the systemic theft of life-saving medicines and other products that were intended for free for the Zambian public", ambassador Michael Gonzales told reporters. These included live-saving med......

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