Zimbabwe: We Had Already Planned to Take Over – Says Govt On Health Sector Following Trump’s ‘Unexpected’ Orders

STRUGGLING to provide basics at public hospitals, government has sensationally claimed it had already decided to ‘takeover’ the health sector before American President Donald Trump’s unexpected executive order.

Trump, on January 20, ordered a 90-day freeze on all funding and a programme-by-programme review of all activities financed through USAID, America’s largest humanitarian organisation.

With it playing a central role in public health services provision in Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa,…