Lesotho: 625 Health Workers Lose Jobs

–Due to USAID funding cuts

At least 625 frontline health workers deployed in the Ministry of Health for treatment and prevention programs have lost their jobs due to the withdrawal of USAID funding.

The funding cuts, resulting from executive orders issued by President Donald Trump when he resumed office early this year, will have a significant negative impact on Lesotho’s health system.

This is according to Dr Tapiwa Turambiswa, the HIV/AIDS program manager at the Ministry of Health, who spoke…