[Correspondence] USAID programme suspension in Nigeria: a looming health crisis

On Jan 24, 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency responsible for distributing civilian foreign aid on behalf of the US Government, halted aid to Nigeria and other members of the international community.1 This decision threatens Nigeria's fragile health-care system, which depends largely on financial aid to execute its health-care programmes. The USA, through USAID, contributed approximately US$2·8 billion to the health care of Nigerians between 2022 and 2024.