Zimbabwe’s mobile clinic helps teenagers access contraception amid aid cuts
The organization, an affiliate of MSI Reproductive Choices, which provides abortion and contraceptive services in 36 countries, mostly in Africa and Asia, lost a five-year $9 million grant awarded in 2023, after the Trump administration dismantled many aid programs in 2025.
The United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, estimates that aid cuts will leave a $185 million shortfall in contraceptive funding globally this year.
As aid cuts and global shipping disruptions threaten access to contraception for girls in Africa, Nhedega's experience highlights a broader challenge that goes beyond whether contraceptives are being bought or stocked.
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