Maine Health Leaders Honor World AIDS Day as Trump Administration Stays Silent
The administration's decision breaks nearly 40 years of bipartisan tradition amid proposed $2 billion HIV program cuts that risk hundreds of thousands of new infections, advocates warn.
- This World AIDS Day, the U.S. government will not formally commemorate the day for the first time since 1988 after the U.S. State Department told staff to avoid public messaging, UNAIDS and The New York Times confirmed.
- A May Budget Request that sought major HIV program cuts led to proposals cutting nearly $2 billion, including $525 million from the Ryan White Program and impounding over $400 million in PEPFAR funds.
- Advocates point to concrete harms: at least 2.5 million people lost access to medicines, and studies reported by major outlets warn cuts could produce 10 million additional HIV infections and three million deaths.
- The Save HIV Funding campaign responded with a Week of Action, securing bipartisan wins including a $24 million increase and condemning the administration's move.
- Analysts warn that enacted funding cuts would produce major public-health and cost consequences, including hundreds of thousands of new U.S. infections and tens of billions in extra healthcare costs, while UNAIDS said halted funding put the global response in 'crisis mode'.
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Trump administration declines to mark World AIDS Day
Communities across the globe commemorated World AIDS Day, reaffirming a commitment to end an epidemic that has killed more than 44 million. But this year, for the first time in decades, the U.S. government decided not to mark the occasion, and the Trump administration has reportedly barred agencies from commemorating or participating. William Brangham discussed more with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
Trump ends World AIDS Day commemoration, cuts lifesaving HIV prevention funds
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is drawing outrage for terminating formal U.S. commemoration of World AIDS Day, directing U.S. State Department officials at home around the globe to “refrain from publicly promoting” it through social media or other communication channels.
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BizTocTrump declines to mark World AIDS Day as funding cuts threaten HIV-prevention efforts
Communities across the globe commemorated World AIDS Day, reaffirming a commitment to end an epidemic that has killed more than 44 million. But this year, for the first time in decades, the U.S. government decided not to mark the occasion, and the Trump administration has reportedly barred agencies from commemorating or participating. William Brangham discussed more with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
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