Govt must go to aid of victims of USAID funding cut

 Dear Editor,

Reading a report in your established weekend news­paper, The Spectator, last week on the effect of USAID funding cut in the Northern Region made me see the serious­ness of the issue at stake.

To learn the fate of HIV/AIDS patients, those suffering from malaria, pregnant women and other category of sick people are uncertain made me sad.

This is because as a country, we have made a lot of progress in the control and management of these conditions and would be very unfortunate to see these gains eroded by the decision of the US government.

The situation described by health workers and the patients themselves is understandable because funds from the USAID have served as a backbone for health delivery in the region.

It is indeed a difficult situation but as a country, we must not fold our hands and sit unconcerned. We must be seen to be doing something.

President John Mahama has done well by tasking the Minister of Finance to find ways to raise cash to support agencies or activities to be affected by the funds cut.

The issue now is when done what would be released? I want to appeal to the government to respond immediately to curb mortality.

Rosemary Ampofo,

Obuasi