Africa: U.S. Aid Funding Cuts Put HIV Prevention At Risk, Warns UNAIDS

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Africa: U.S. Aid Funding Cuts Put HIV Prevention At Risk, Warns UNAIDS

The US pause in foreign assistance funding has created "confusion" in the vital work of community HIV prevention, despite a waiver issued for HIV/AIDS programmes, the UN agency to combat the still deadly disease said on Friday.

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ALARMISM: U.N. Agency Warns MILLIONS WILL DIE If U.S. Cuts HIV/AIDS Funding

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From the HIV Network in Mar del Plata they warn: "We were two months without condoms and there are cuts"

This week, 40% of the plant of the Directorate of HIV and 30% of the Directorate of Vaccines were dismissed at the national level, together with a cut in the budgets allocated to the health area that involve serious consequences.From the HIV, Hepatii and Tuberculosis Front, they denounced that the workers dismissed are “professionals who have been contributing their experience and dedication for years for the sustained response to these pandemic…

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US Aid Funding Cuts Put HIV Prevention At Risk, Warns UNAIDS – UN News

The waiver allows the continuation or resumption of “life-saving humanitarian assistance” including HIV treatment. That means 20 million people living with HIV and whose medication is funded by the US can continue to receive treatment. “That’s 20 million out of the 30 million people living with HIV in the world,” said Christine Stegling, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, at scheduled press briefing in Geneva. Although it is expected that gove…