{"id":9363,"date":"2026-06-25T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/aid-cuts-and-security-risks-from-health-system-disruption-to-human-insecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:06:05","slug":"aid-cuts-and-security-risks-from-health-system-disruption-to-human-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/aid-cuts-and-security-risks-from-health-system-disruption-to-human-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid Cuts and Security Risks:  From Health System Disruption  to Human Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/search\">Publications search<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>Aid Cuts and Security Risks:  From Health System Disruption  to Human Insecurity<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-808388b4f2ce7e0a81b64142e42ea996194c6b9ac83afa86c0ed1924970242c7\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-06\/p1.png?itok=Y3KJLFHX\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"RPP 2026 06 Aid Cuts and Security Risks\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-bb7816fddf0f3a4a0766a7ab8e2908402357aa880321718292437c29c5aed421\">\n<p> <span class=\"_489 views-row\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/abeer-s-ahmad\" hreflang=\"en\">Abeer S. Ahmad<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"_498 views-row\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/cyrielle-trebosc\" hreflang=\"en\">Cyrielle Trebosc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>   <span class=\"_218 views-row\"><br \/>\n     and <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/kheira-tarif\" hreflang=\"en\">Kheira Tarif<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">June 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RODD9641\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RODD9641<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7917\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-06\/rpp_2026_06_aid_cuts_and_security_risks.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>At a time when the impacts of conflict, forced displacement and humanitarian needs are increasingly global, foreign aid to fragile and conflict-affected contexts is declining. The current shift towards narrower national security priorities and sudden aid cuts can disrupt health systems in fragile states, with cascading human, humanitarian and security risks and costs that have broader international security implications.<\/p>\n<p>Case studies from Somalia and Mali, with the cross-border dynamics in Mauritania, alongside interviews with government officials, policymakers, practitioners and donors, reveal how aid cuts in highly aid-dependent fragile contexts affect healthcare services, disease surveillance, and institutional trust. Simultaneous pressures on development and humanitarian assistance can risk entrenching cycles of crisis and dependency.<\/p>\n<p>The paper highlights the need for a human-centred approach in security strategies that can bridge the divide between development and security policies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-contents field--label-above\">\n<div class=\"label\">Table of contents<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>I. Introduction<\/p>\n<p>II. Human and health security: Concepts and scope<\/p>\n<p>III. Health financing and aid cuts in Somalia, Mali and Mauritania<\/p>\n<p>IV. Aid pathways to security and to insecurity<\/p>\n<p>V. Conclusions: Opportunities and policy recommendations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-05f3c2521826894fd70e6ae5608d9bd5c269ec5c027ba56838462e825575d104\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/abeer-s-ahmad\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-06\/b573b702-c1d7-4c9d-9d20-278c28d8e318_1_201_a_0.jpeg?itok=I8hgLMU3\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Abeer S. Ahmad\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/abeer-s-ahmad\" hreflang=\"en\">Abeer S. Ahmad<\/a> is a Researcher in the SIPRI Peace and Development Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/cyrielle-trebosc\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2023-09\/8fdc2c0c-0508-4566-a06c-1b7e79f2bd5e_1_105_c.jpeg?itok=NUMp38Ap\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Cyrielle Trebosc\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/cyrielle-trebosc\" hreflang=\"en\">Cyrielle Trebosc<\/a> is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Sahel and West Africa Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/kheira-tarif\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/default_images\/Logo_black.jpg?itok=_ysXWhz8\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Default profile image\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/kheira-tarif\" hreflang=\"en\">Kheira Tarif<\/a> is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-cookiesui\" class=\"block block-cookies\">\n<div id=\"cookiesjsr\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/research-reports\/aid-cuts-and-security-risks-health-system-disruption-human-insecurity?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Publications search Aid Cuts and Security Risks: From Health System Disruption to Human Insecurity Abeer S. Ahmad, Cyrielle Trebosc and Kheira Tarif June 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/RODD9641 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION At a time when the impacts of conflict, forced displacement and humanitarian needs are increasingly global, foreign aid to fragile and conflict-affected contexts is declining. 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