{"id":7571,"date":"2026-05-18T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:32:04","slug":"ebola-and-hantavirus-have-africa-talking-health-sovereignty-as-donor-support-fades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7571","title":{"rendered":"Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking \u2018health sovereignty\u2019 as donor support fades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p><strong>By FARAI MUTSAKA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) \u2014 A new and deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is the latest health emergency forcing African governments to break free of dependency on global donors like the United States as international support has been slashed in half over the past five years.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7564\">Argentina\u2019s icy outpost at the end of the world fears the hantavirus will chill tourism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shrinking assistance worsened by the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping cuts is colliding with Africa\u2019s fast-growing population of over 1.5 billion people. The Ebola outbreak of a strain with no approved therapeutics or vaccines comes days after a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship put officials on the continent on alert.<\/p>\n<p>Africa faces \u201can equally dangerous threat\u201d of funding, Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said while launching an initiative for African self-reliance in health financing earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time we have an outbreak, many countries start to ask for partners because they don\u2019t have in their budgets funding to respond, even to prepare for these outbreaks,\u201d he added during a briefing on the new Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>But African nations know that must change.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ambulances are parked outside a hospital\" class=\"wp-image-7566\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/902e61e76cb17fa4c1a5f42ff62a20a2-768x433.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/902e61e76cb17fa4c1a5f42ff62a20a2-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/902e61e76cb17fa4c1a5f42ff62a20a2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/902e61e76cb17fa4c1a5f42ff62a20a2.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Ambulances are parked outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Constant Same Bagalwa)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A girl sanitises her hands\" class=\"wp-image-7567\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9aabffc46c757486e1e46fb56ad5c76c.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A girl sanitizes her hands in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/ Hajarah Nalwadda)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim\" class=\"wp-image-7568\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7707bc7d1c41ba84cb7be02bda8fcbc6.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Congo, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jerome Delay, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients\" class=\"wp-image-7569\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c967dabbc1e5d30cec1aacf4a429cbf5.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Misper Apawu)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center\" class=\"wp-image-7570\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635-1024x748.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635-1024x748.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635-300x219.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635-768x561.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635-1536x1121.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/29b247992d499d4657b6a8afcf857635.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jerome Delay, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>Ambulances are parked outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Constant Same Bagalwa)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>African nations for years pledged more health funding<\/h4>\n<p>The Africa CDC says the continent now faces \u201can unprecedented financing crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It says official development assistance has dropped sharply, from about $26 billion in 2021 to around $13 billion in 2025, as wealthy nations turn attention instead to wider geopolitical issues like the Iran war and domestic pressures.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>African leaders for years had pledged to better finance their own health systems, but commitments remained on paper. In 2001, countries committed to allocating at least 15% of national budgets to health, yet only Rwanda, Botswana and Cape Verde are on track out of Africa\u2019s 54 nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversation was somehow theoretical because the donor system was still functioning,\u201d said Dr. Alex Ajangba, a health financing expert and co-editor of the new African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy. \u201cBut now that cushion is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWhat we are seeing here is not a temporary dip of donor funding that we will recover from.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Africa now talks about \u2018health sovereignty\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>Governments are accelerating efforts toward \u201chealth sovereignty,\u201d with aspirations to finance and manage systems with far less reliance on external aid.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Initiatives like Ghana\u2019s \u201cAccra Reset\u201d launched in September, and the Africa Health Security and Sovereignty Agenda, adopted by African leaders in February, aim to strengthen long-term resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Health ministers are proposing domestic solutions, including higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugary foods, pooled procurement of medicines to lower costs, expanding local pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing and tackling inefficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>The need is stark. Africa imports more than 90% of its health commodities such as vaccines and medicines, while health emergencies \u2014 from mpox to cholera to Ebola \u2014 surged from 153 outbreaks to 242 between 2022 and 2024, according to the Africa CDC. It wants the continent to produce 60% of its vaccines by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word \u2018health sovereignty\u2019 has become a phrase that is used in almost every continental policy meeting right now,\u201d Ajangba said, warning it risks being just a \u201cslogan.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Africa is rich in natural resources but short of cash<\/h4>\n<p>Experts say the continent has plenty of wealth. Africa holds about 30% of the world\u2019s mineral reserves, including those essential to technology and renewable energy, yet much of that value is lost through opaque or weak contracts, illicit financial flows, debt burdens and limited local processing of minerals that are largely exported raw, Ajangba said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7562\">Former assistant principal in Virginia set for trial 3 years after 6-year-old student shot teacher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The continent loses about $40 billion annually to illicit financial flows in an extractive sector that includes mining, gas and oil, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from tackling those issues, another key pillar of African nations\u2019 transition away from aid dependency is co-financing, requiring countries to contribute more alongside donors.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, says lower-income countries contributed a record $302 million toward vaccines in 2025, and about $1 billion over the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis creates predictability,\u201d Gavi chief executive Sania Nishtar told The Associated Press. \u201cReliance on aid for basic services does not.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>The Trump administration offers new aid, with conditions<\/h4>\n<p>But the shift can be contentious. The Trump administration has pushed co-financing as a key condition of the \u201cAmerica First\u201d health deals it has agreed with nearly two dozen African nations. They reinvent aid to Africa by requiring countries to increase domestic spending within a specified time or risk losing support.<\/p>\n<p>Some countries have rejected the proposed deals, outraged over U.S. requests for sharing of health data with no promises that nations will receive any benefit from it. Others criticize proposed swaps of health support for natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Though most governments say Africa needs to move toward self-sufficiency, critics say some of the U.S. conditions place unrealistic pressure on already strained economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are being set up to fail,\u201d said Asia Russell, executive director of Health GAP, an international advocacy group. \u201cWhen an administration says, \u2018If you don\u2019t hit these numbers, you\u2019re not going to get resources anymore,\u2019 that is extremely serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Debt burdens are squeezing health spending<\/h4>\n<p>Many African countries are under mounting debt burdens. Already, about 40% are spending more on debt than health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of these countries have huge debt service and other challenges,\u201d said Jen Kates, a senior vice president at the nonprofit KFF, which focuses on health policy. \u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s going to be people who live in those countries who will feel the effects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Africa\u2019s debt has surged to about $1.2 trillion, according to the African Export-Import Bank, forcing brutal trade-offs. Debt servicing consumes roughly 19% of government revenue in sub-Saharan African countries, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on Africa and development: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/africa-pulse<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press receives financial support for global health and development coverage in Africa from the Gates Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP\u2019s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.<\/em><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=7560\">CIF-SS softball playoffs: Schedule for Monday\u2019s second-round games<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is highlighting Africa&#8217;s struggle with reduced international aid. 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