“Mental health work needs a proper exit strategy: you have to communicate to the patients and end the work safely. Having to stop suddenly was shocking. It just adds to the survivor’s trauma.” Yohannes Fisseha, who served as training manager at CVT Ethiopia, comments on the impacts of having to suddenly halt CVT programs in Ethiopia when the U.S. froze its funding.

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‘The Impact Has Been Devastating’: How USAID Freeze Sent Shockwaves through Ethiopia

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The Guardian