London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) news release
A new study from LSE and Duke University, published in The Lancet Global Health, documents severe and sustained declines in HIV service delivery for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations at four non-governmental organisations in Uganda and Zimbabwe following the cuts to United States foreign aid in 2025.
The research, led by Dr Henry Cust, LSE Fellow in the Department of Health Policy and former Research Scientist at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, is the first to measure the impact on service delivery using data from within organisations whose US-sourced funding was cut and never restored. HIV prevention, predominantly PrEP, HIV testing and treatment (antiretroviral therapy) all fell sharply after the 2025 PEPFAR and USAID stop-work orders and had not recovered by March 2026, despite a humanitarian waiver meant to protect life-saving services.
Read the full news release here.
Further reading:
- Health Policy Watch: Health crisis looms for Zimbabwe following US withdrawal of aid
- The Guardian | Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts
- Business Insider Africa | Zambia to secure $1.5 billion US health support after data-sharing differences are resolved
Source : LSE
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