Lusaka, May 9, 2025 (AFP) - Zambia vows action after US cuts aid over drugs theft

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2025-05-09

Zambia's health ministry said it was taking action against the theft of donated medicines after the United States announced a major aid cut over the government's failure to tackle the racket. The United States announced Thursday it would cut $50 million in annual health funding to Zambia over the "systematic" theft of medicine and other supplies meant to be handed out for free to the most vulnerable but which had been found to be on sale in phar......

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