Lusaka, Zambia – The US ambassador said on Thursday that the US ambassador said on Thursday that the United States would cut $ 1 million a year in the South African country of Zambia.
The United States discovered in 2021 that the free provided drugs and supplies to the Zambians were taken and sold by pharmacies across the country, told Michael Gonzales at a press briefing to the US ambassador Zambia.
He said that about 2,000 pharmacies investigated in Zambia between 2021 and 2021 showed that almost half of them were selling drugs and products provided by the US Aid Fund.
Gonzales said the Zambia government failed enough to solve corruption after the US government informed theft scandal in April 2021.
No instant government commented on Thursday.
Zambia in the United States is part of $ 50 million a year for drugs, treatment supplies and other assistance for its health sector. Gonzales said that the cuts would affect HIV, tuberculosis and malaria drugs, with three critical diseases affected by Zambians.
Gonzales says, “The United States is taking necessary steps to protect American taxpayers ‘funds and ensure American taxpayers’ funds.”
Gonzales said the move was different for President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce US foreign assistance around the world.
He said that the US investigation on the theft also showed that drugs and supplies for Zambia provided by the global funds and other international donors were also being sold in the pharmacy.
Gonzales said he had recommended Washington officials that the United States had begun assistance from January next year to give time to Jambia’s new collection of life -saving drugs.
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