"We Had to Become Farmers" | A Doctor in Congo on What Happened When USAID Left

6 Jun 2026 · 4 min
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Dr. Céline Gounder, a physician at Keshero Hospital in Congo, describes the collapse of North Kivu's health system after USAID cut funding in 2024, eliminating 70% of medical supplies and forcing doctors to become farmers. Patients now turn to traditional healers, leading to untreated blood clots that require amputation. Maternal deaths, malnutrition, and epidemic outbreaks have surged across the province.

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