Kim Harrisberg
Journalist at Thomson Reuters Foundation
Journalist at Context
Journalist with @TRF's @ContextNewsroom | Covering tech, inequality, climate change in Africa | [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
health.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Kim Harrisberg
Johannesburg: T arryn Lokotsch can see the U.S. aid money she desperately needs to help South African rape survivors sitting in her organisation's bank account, but she cannot touch a cent of it. Since U.S. President Donald Trump froze funds under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in January, even the donor-funded cars Lokotsch and her colleagues use to visit rape victims have sat idle.
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3 weeks ago |
businesslive.co.za | Kim Harrisberg
UNAids estimates a permanent Pepfar funding freeze could lead to an additional 6.3-million Aids-related deaths by 2029. Lokotsch is among more than 740,000 Pepfar-funded workers now racing to plug the funding gap to provide vital HIV healthcare from Mpumalanga to Manila in the Philippines. From working for free to fundraising, they are trying to patch together cash and manpower to keep programmes afloat. “We are hoping for a lifeline,” said Lokotsch.
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1 month ago |
jp.reuters.com | Bukola Adebayo |Nita Bhalla |Kim Harrisberg
２０２０年３月、新型コロナウイルス感染症（ＣＯＶＩＤ－１９）が「パンデミック」（世界的な大流行）であると宣言された際、国際社会はアフリカに関して悲観的な予測を立てていたが――。写真は２０２０年４月、南アフリカのダーバン近郊で感染抑制のため、戸別訪問での検査中に子どもらに手洗いの方法を教える医療従事者（２０２５年 ロイター/Rogan Ward） ［ラゴス／ナイロビ／ヨハネスブルク １１日 トムソン・ロイター財団］ - ２０２０年３月、新型コロナウイルス感染症（ＣＯＶＩＤ－１９）が「パンデミック」（世界的な大流行）であると宣言された際、国際社会はアフリカに関して悲観的な予測を立てていた。財源不足で設備の整わない医療体制が崩壊し、数百万人が死亡するだろうと。 同年４月、国連アフリカ経済委員会は、パンデミックの直接的な結果としてアフリカでは最大３３０万人が命を落とす可能性があると発表した。 ５年たった今、世界保健機構（ＷＨＯ）のデータによれば、アフリカで記録された新型コロナによる死者は１７万５５００人超にとどまった。世界全体の死亡者数７００万人の２．５％にすぎない。...
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1 month ago |
allafrica.com | Bukola Adebayo |Nita Bhalla |Kim Harrisberg
The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why?
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1 month ago |
allafrica.com | Kim Harrisberg
South Africa's domestic and foreign policies have angered Trump, putting jobs, aid and trade on the line. First U.S. President Donald Trump cut funding to South Africa over its land reform policies, now a critical trade agreement is under threat. One thing is clear Trump is not pleased with South Africa. Trump cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa this month, citing disapproval of its land reform policy and genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
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