A new report estimates that 135,987 babies will be born with HIV during the 90-day stoppage on foreign aid spending.
On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.
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.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order to pause nearly all foreign aid has halted funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an African HIV-prevention program launched by President George W. Bush in 2003 that has saved over 25 million lives.
PEPFAR, a $7.5 billion initiative established in 2003, has provided HIV care to millions worldwide. The recent suspension of the program raised concerns about the potential loss of access to HIV medications for more than 20 million people.
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).
National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA) has commended the U.S. government for issuing emergency waiver to ensure that millions
“It’s bad, bad,” said one State Department official who works on the HIV program, which is called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. The official, who, like ...