HIV, AIDS and Donald Trump

Trump's freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage
President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to China.
Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here’s what’s at stake
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease.
Trump funding pause threatens program to prevent spread of HIV and AIDS in over 50 countries
President Trump's executive action ordering a 90-day pause on foreign development aid threatens the program called the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The multimillion-dollar program helps prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS in more than 50 countries.
South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work.
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hard
At a rural village in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she has enough money for the one-hour ride to collect her much-needed HIV medication,
Trump's aid freeze sends shock waves through Africa's HIV programs
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease. For two decades, the American people have paid for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits,
Judge again orders US to unfreeze foreign aid, stops short of contempt
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Trump administration officials to comply with his earlier order that they lift a freeze ...
What to Know About AIDS—and Its Potential Resurgence Amid U.S. Foreign-Aid Freeze
HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes ...
Cutting U.S. foreign aid funding will hurt world's poorest, London researchers say
Cutting off money for programs that help get medicine, food, and other necessities to the world's most vulnerable people ...
Aid Disruptions Endanger U.S. Security And World’s Most Vulnerable, Experts Warn
Experts worry that the abrupt disruption to foreign assistance is having serious consequences that threaten the U.S., its ...
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UNAIDS urges countries to invest in HIV prevention as key to ending AIDS
Geneva, 13 February 2025 – On International Condom Day, UNAIDS and partners are calling for HIV prevention efforts to be ...
The Boston Globe10d
HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped, UN aids program director says
Byanyima pleaded with the Trump administration not to abruptly cut off funding, which she said has resulted in “panic, fear and confusion” in many of the African countries hardest hit by AIDS.
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US food and medical aid to the world’s poorest is still in limbo
A senior aid executive speaking anonymously said the ... including delivering food and building shelters in countries like Syria and Sudan. “It doesn’t matter if you have waivers if you ...