US EditionHow funding cuts could stall efforts to eradicate HIV/AIDS
- The Trump administration sent Congress a rescission request in 2024 to retract hundreds of millions in HIV/AIDS global health funding.
- This request follows progress from PEPFAR, which saved 26 million lives and operated in 55 countries according to a late 2023 State Department report.
- Domestic impacts include potential Medicaid coverage losses in states like North Carolina, where HIV rates rose and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding faces cuts affecting thousands.
- Experts warn the funding cuts threaten to reverse declines in HIV infections, with nearly 1.2 million Americans living with HIV and African Americans disproportionately affected.
- If funding reductions continue, critical prevention, testing, and treatment services nationwide will likely decline, risking stalled progress and increased HIV transmission rates.
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It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick
As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to lose from the HIV funding cuts told Bhekisisa they have been left to fend for themselves. Which is bad news for all of us.
Federal funding cuts to AVOL Kentucky begin July 1
Last month, AVOL Kentucky told us there was concern about proposed budget cuts at the federal level. Those cuts are now reality after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)suspended federal funding for HIV prevention services."I think these cuts are foolish," Andrew Shayde said.Due to the cuts, AVOL will lose $200,000 in funding."This will cost us in the long run. This will go from instead of preventing we're going to have to treat…
How funding cuts could stall efforts to eradicate HIV/AIDS
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