Health Policy Watch analysis
Sweeping UK aid cuts have drastically reduced direct bilateral funding to African countries, posing a severe threat to the continent’s most fragile health systems.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) officials recently confirmed a steep 31% multi-year reduction of the foreign aid budget, shrinking overall spending from £13.7 billion to an estimated £9.2 billion by 2027. The motivation for the cuts is to ramp up national defence spending.
The government argues it wants to prioritise sustainable, broad system support over direct service delivery, replacing the “traditional paternalism of the past” with genuine partnership.
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Source : Health Policy Watch