"There are no outreach workers, so lots of clients have stopped visiting clinics," explained the executive director of an organization in Kathmandu." There are no community health workers to make home deliveries or bring new cases to clinics. And there's rising fear of not being able to identify new HIV hotspots."

Date: 7/25

Region: South Asia

Country: Nepal

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security

Additional Context: In Nepal, shuttered health services are threatening 15 years of progress in fighting HIV. As a result of funding cuts, only lifesaving emergencies can be addressed. All other services—including those essential to saving lives over the longer term, such as maternal and child health, nutrition, education, disaster risk reduction, and gender-based violence prevention—have been shut down.

This quote comes from Anand Tamang, founding director of the Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities in Kathmandu in conversation with Think Global Health.

Source:Think Global Health