The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
A new report estimates that 135,987 babies will be born with HIV during the 90-day stoppage on foreign aid spending.
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
The Trump administration has made some concessions to the halt placed on distributions of global HIV treatments via
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
Millions at risk as funding for AIDS relief program halts, potentially disrupting antiviral medication provision.
JOHANNESBURG - More than 15,000 health workers in the country will be affected by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw HIV/AIDS relief. Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump announced a freeze on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s foreign aid pause threatens PEPFAR, risking delays in life-saving HIV treatments for 20 million globally.
These diseases had once been extraordinary rarities. When HIV hit, they were everywhere. I remember how I blew up gloves into balloons to distract the kids, so small and polite, their hair neatly braided. I remember how they died.
Amid the flurry of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was a 90-day freeze on foreign aid spending. Days later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarified that the freeze includes current programs.
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has urged Nigerians living with HIV to continue to access treatments despite a