This handout picture made available by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivering remarks following the speech of US President's chief medical adviser during a World Health Organization (WHO) executive board meeting on January 21, 2021 in Geneva. - In a dramatic about-turn, the new US administration on January 21, 2021 thanked the World Health Organization for leading the global pandemic response and vowed to remain a member. "The United States also intends to fulfil its financial obligations to the organisation," top US scientist Anthony Fauci, who has been named President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, told a meeting of the WHO's executive board. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ CHRIS BLACK/ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) limetahadharisha uwezekano wa maambukizi mapya ya HIV zaidi ya milioni 10 na vifo vya watu milioni 3, kufuatia kusitishwa kwa msaada wa Marekani unaosaidia upatikanaji wa dawa za HIV.
Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus amesema kusitishwa kwa msaada huo kunaweza kuharibu mafanikio ya miaka 20 yaliyopatikana katika kupambana na HIV.
Pia ameongeza kuwa jitihada za kudhibiti magonjwa mengine kama polio, malaria, na kifua kikuu zimeathirika vibaya.
Marekani kupitia Rais Donald Trump ilitangaza kusitisha kutoa fedha za misaada kupitia miradi iliyokuwa chini ya Shirika lake la misaada la USAID, hali iliyoibua taharuki hasa kwa nchi nyingi za Afrika zinazotegemea fedha za ufadhili kushughulika na magonjwa kama Ukimwi.
Kwa mujibu wa WHO, hatua hiyo imeathiri usambazaji wa dawa katika nchi saba za Afrika, zikiwemo Kenya, Lesotho, Sudan Kusini, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, na Haiti, ambazo zinaweza kuishiwa dawa ndani ya miezi michache ijayo.
