Funding for AIDS relief program to stop after foreign aid pause ordered
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths
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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Pause to AIDS funding leaves health experts scrambling
Health analysts say that the pause in funding for international and domestic efforts to halt HIV and AIDS are "unprecedented."
Motsoaledi says more than 15,000 SA health workers will be affected by US move to halt HIV/AIDS funding
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).
Laurus Labs shares surge 8% as Trump govt resumes funding for AIDS programme
The Trump administration on January 24 halted disbursement of funds to programmes to treat HIV, malaria and other diseases in developing countries for at least 90 days.
Anti-HIV program in crisis as Trump aid pause sows confusion
The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which saved 25 million lives.
Trump pauses funding for key program combating HIV & AIDS
Director General of Africa CDC Dr. Jean Kaseya says he hopes the U.S. considers exemptions to President Trump’s announced 90-day funding freeze, to ensure critical delivery of emergency aid aimed at preventing disease outbreaks and saving lives.
Distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid
As part of the foreign aid freeze by President Donald Trump, the U.S. distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries has been ...
Distribution of US-backed HIV medications to poorest nations in flux after Trump order slowing foreign aid
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has provided life-saving treatment to tens of millions since it was ...
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Relief for Kenyans as Trump Makes U-Turn
The United States has approved an emergency humanitarian waiver allowing continued access to HIV treatment funded by the U.S.
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Trump halts foreign aid, including AIDS relief, TB funding
But late last week, the State Department, led now by former Florida Senator Marco Rubio, issued a memo clarifying that the freeze includes current foreign assistance programs as well, including the ...
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Marco Rubio cuts off foreign aid for millions of people’s HIV medications
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order to pause nearly all foreign aid has halted funding to the President’s Emergency Plan ...
Trump’s Aid Order Seen Risking Lives and US Influence in Africa
International aid groups warned that the Trump administration’s “stop work order” on foreign assistance risks both lives and ...
US restores crucial HIV treatment access for millions as South African organisations voice funding fears
The decision, made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, enables individuals in 55 countries, including South Africa, to ...
George W. Bush had a plan to fight HIV. Trump might kill it.
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.