WASHINGTON D.C. — (01-27-25) — President Donald Trump has ordered a halt to all distribution of HIV medications to poor countries purchased with foreign aid from the United States, according to The New York Times.
The draconian order includes HIV drugs that are already in local clinics and ready to be administered to HIV-positive patients
According to the Trump administration, the draconian order is part of a larger moratorium on foreign aid. In fact last week, Trump ordered a freeze on all foreign aid for 90 days which included funds that purchase most HIV treatments in Africa.
Most notably affected is the $7.5 billion President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is administered by the US State Department. The administration’s freeze on the distribution of HIV drugs that have already been purchased has stunned global health experts. on a global scale.
Jirair Ratevosian, who served as PEPFAR chief of staff under former President Joe Biden, called the halting of drug distribution, “devastating.”
“This is another domino in the devastating impact of the harmful freeze to programs, leaving lives hanging in the balance,” Jirair Ratevosian told the New York Times.
The New York Times cited a study that concluded that if PEPFAR were to be abolished, as many as 600,000 people in South Africa would die over the next 10 years.
“The partners we collaborate with are in shock, and they do not know what to do because their lifesaving mission and commitment has been breached,” said Asia Russell, executive director of the advocacy group Health Gap.
Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer
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