20/7/2025–|Last update: 21:52 (Mecca time)
Health experts said that malaria in Zimbabwe has spread widely after cutting American aid, as 115 outposts were recorded in 2025, compared to only one focus last year.
Experts added that the withdrawal of American financing threatens to stop scientific research related to the spread of the disease and hinder national response programs.
The sharp increase in the spread of the epidemic came 6 months after Donald Trump’s decision to stop the vital financing of American research in a number of health programs, including malaria و .فط.
According to the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe, cases of malaria increased by 180% during the first four months of 2025.
The number of deaths associated with the disease also jumped by 218%, as 143 deaths were recorded this year, compared to 45 deaths in the same period last year.
According to the same figures, the number of cases recorded from the beginning of this year to June was more than 119,000 cases.
Deficit
The lack of financing was reflected in the simple means that contribute to the prevention of the disease, as the concerned authorities have not been able to provide mosquitoes from mosquitoes.
Last May, the Ministry of Health announced the distribution of one million and 615 thousand mosquitoes processed in pesticides, but it acknowledged a deficit of 600,000 mosquitoes as a result of US financing stopping.
Etay Rosik, director of the community working group at the Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe said that the financing deficit threatens the great gains that the country has achieved against Malaria during the past twenty years.
Rosik added that if the laws and preventive drugs are not available for pregnant women, the lives will be lost, and when the provision of basic examination and treatments will be broken, cases of malaria and deaths will increase significantly.
In addition to pregnant women, children under the age of 15 represent a large percentage of the injured, as they number 14% of the total injured people registered with the relevant departments.
The necessity of mobilizing resources
Zimbabwe seeks to eliminate malaria by 2030, in line with the goals he set African UnionAnd through strategies that include raising societal awareness, and the prevention of mosquitoes using treated mosquitoes and pesticide spraying, in addition to improving monitoring systems.
Former Minister of Health, Dr. Henry Madazorara, said that Zimbabwe must mobilize local resources to bridge the financing gap and use taxes allocated to the health sector in order not to rely on external donors.
For his part, Suleiman Kodini, Deputy Minister of Health Zimbabwe, admitted that the financing gap left by the withdrawal of American support has suspended the provision of mosquito networks, explaining that the country has begun to buy the necessary needs, and is still working on the plan to eliminate malaria in the horizon of 2030.