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Members of the pharmacology department take inventory of the last boxes of drugs delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amid medical supply shortages in a pharmacy storeroom at Lodwar County Referral Hospital in Lodwar on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
When Donald Trump assumed office as United States President on January 20, 2025, the health sector both locally and globally, faced major policy shifts.
One of the most notable was a stop-work order that disrupted the operations of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).