The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
A legacy bipartisan initiative to combat HIV and AIDS in Africa is collateral damage from President Donald Trump’s directive to halt all U.S. foreign assistance, despite efforts to exempt humanitarian assistance and lifesaving medication from being caught up in the three-month funding freeze.
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.
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Distribution of US-backed HIV medications to poorest nations in flux after Trump order slowing foreign aid
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Distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid
Trump Administration Waives Halt on Distribution of HIV Medications Via PEPFAR
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the waiver on Tuesday; however, exactly what it covers remains unclear. While the waiver does allow for the resumption of distributing HIV medications, the freeze on other services, including the distribution of preventive drugs, is still thought to be in place.
A new report estimates that 135,987 babies will be born with HIV during the 90-day stoppage on foreign aid spending.
A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distribution of life-saving HIV drugs.
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Marco Rubio cuts off foreign aid for millions of people’s HIV medicationsSecretary 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.
The decision, made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, enables individuals in 55 countries, including South Africa, to receive uninterrupted access to US-funded HIV treatment, a
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).
PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives around the globe and is considered George W. Bush's greatest achievement. Donald Trump has left its future in doubt.
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has urged Nigerians living with HIV to continue to access treatments despite a
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