Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report's original feature story, "Aid cuts and a failed deal: Zimbabwe’s frontline health care under strain." Reporter Linda Mujuru looked into how deep U.S. foreign assistance cuts and the collapse of a $367 million health deal have disrupted the system sustaining Zimbabwe’s community health workforce.

Zimbabwe has an estimated 20,000 community health workers nationwide, according to a 2023 World Health Organization analysis, with around 15,000 supported by donor-funded NGOs. The program officer said the effects are already rippling across the health workforce — from doctors and pharmacists to laboratory scientists, nurses, and counselors. The program officer pointed to World AIDS Day commemoration in Zimbabwe as a stark example: In 2024, around 115 health organizations participated. A year later, just 11 were able to do so, as funding cuts sidelined the rest.

Source: Devex