A lady who said she is HIV positive has spoken out after US President Donald Trump halted the issuance of free medication to developing countries.
The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which has saved 25 million lives.
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 US State Department has lifted the ban on HIV aid to SA and other low-income after President Donald Trump issued a directive to halt it in his first week.
The Trump administration has said that foreign assistance programs will be paused for three months as it reviews how money is being spent.
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.
Trump administration suspends PEPFAR funding, putting HIV/AIDS support for 5.6 million South Africans at risk.
If it hadn’t come through, we still had sufficient stocks in the short term and hoped that Government would plan to bridge the gap in medium and long term
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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.
Humanitarian workers in Europe, Latin America and Africa tell openDemocracy about the impact of Trump’s attack on USAID