‘We’ve vanished’: U.S. aid cuts leave health workers around the world reeling
The cuts to U.S. foreign aid could result in the resurgence of some diseases. They've also forced health workers out of their jobs.
For eight years, Ntombi, who worked at a health organization in Johannesburg, helped caregivers tell their HIV-positive children about the disease they had. She made sure those children stayed on the medications that suppressed the virus. She visited her patients at their homes to get them any food and financial support they needed.
But then, one day in late January, she was told she had to stop her work, immediately. There wasn’t a chance to explain to her patients what was happening, to try to connect them with other providers, or to say goodbye.
