America announces end to all health funding in Zimbabwe

AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed.

Zimbabwe, last year, declined the United States’ new funding model, a health memorandum of understanding (MoU) that seeks to gradually transfer health funding to third-world governments while ensuring sustainability.

America played a central role in the fight against HIV by providing anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), PEP and PrePs, allowances for health workers, condoms, and other family planning methods that have become common in Zimbabwe.

This has been the major reason behind Zimbabwe achieving more than 95% epidemic control.

“For more than two decades, the United States and Zimbabwe have worked together to strengthen health systems and expand access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment,” said Tremont, who spoke at an event held at her residence.