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Namibia: Trump cuts leave 4 000 Namibian health workers facing the sack – News

Namibia: Trump cuts leave 4 000 Namibian health workers facing the sack – News

Africa Links 24 with Puyeipawa Nakashole
Published on 2025-09-17 17:00:00

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has terminated the employment contracts of thousands of United States (US) programmes donor-funded health workers countrywide.

According to the 2022 ministry’s staffing report, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) funded 17% or around 4 000 of the Namibian healthcare workforce.

The workers, who range from nurses, pharmacists, doctors, pharmacists’ assistants, community healthcare workers and social workers, fall…

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