It’s not hyperbole to say that people will die.” PEPFAR, a sprawling multiagency public health program led by the State Department, disburses billions of dollars in aid to partners around the world to fight HIV every year.
"President Trump claims to be a strong proponent of freedom of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship."
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 move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy known as the “global gag rule” that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented. Already, contractors that receive U.S. foreign aid money cannot use it to directly support abortion services. But they can tell people the option is available.
Imprecise executive order leaves health providers dependent on Pepfar funding unsure if or when money will arrive.
The tech billionaire and global health innovator says Trump "showed a lot of interest in the issues that I brought up."
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments,
President Donald Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organization, raising concerns about the U.N. agency's ability to fight diseases and respond to emergencies around the globe without its biggest funder.
Move from the US, which is the world’s biggest donor, will make exceptions for emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt
UNAIDS has urged President Donald Trump to continue funding HIV. This comes a day after the United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organisation. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States of America has the opportunity to accelerate the global HIV response and end AIDS by 2030,
Bill Gates met with President-elect Donald Trump for more than three hours about and talked about global health issues, including efforts to develop an HIV cure and to fight polio.
RFK's hearing hasn't even started yet and the White House has already attacked vaccines, birth control and the WHO