In Rwamwanja, home to more than 70,000 refugees from the DRC, the local health center previously conducted 120 C-sections per month, contributing to an achievement of zero maternal deaths in 2024. Due to U.S. funding cuts, the health center is unable to pay an anesthetist and therefore cannot conduct the procedure.

Date: 9/25

Region: Africa

Country: Uganda

Topic: Health, Gender Equality & Inclusion

Policy Lens: Moral Leadership

Entry Type: Human Impact

Additional Context: This information comes from the WRC report, "A Year of Harms: The Impact of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts on Women and Girls in Humanitarian Crises." WRC researchers analyzed publicly available evidence on how the 2025 U.S. foreign aid cuts have affected women and girls. Drawing on 105 gender-disaggregated sources from humanitarian crises in 32 countries, the report shows that funding reductions triggered cascading failures in health, protection, education, livelihoods, and civil society systems—impacts that have compounded over the past year.

Source: WRC,The New York Times