A recent report from ActionAid reveals severe budget cuts across six African nations, slashing the incomes of health and education workers by up to 50% over five years. The report highlights that 97% of surveyed healthcare workers cannot afford basic necessities. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played a significant role in this crisis by advising governments to cut crucial public spending to manage foreign debt obligations. This has led to inadequate funding for healthcare, resulting in service shortages and negatively impacting vulnerable populations, especially women.
97 percent of the healthcare workers it surveyed in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi and Nigeria could not cover their basic needs like food and rent with their wages.
As the debt crisis rapidly worsens across the Global South, more than three-quarters of all low-income countries in the world are spending more on debt servicing than healthcare.
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