US EditionPEPFAR may be spared
UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – Congress acted against proposed cuts to maintain PEPFAR's global HIV aid, which has saved over 25 million lives, preserving $400 million in funding for 2025 programs.
- Last week, Congress and Republicans agreed to preserve $400 million in PEPFAR funding, despite proposed cuts by President Donald Trump.
- On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration called for a suspension of foreign aid, including PEPFAR, amid a 90-day freeze on assistance.
- Last month, a UNAIDS report said abrupt cuts destabilized supply chains, and South African National Department of Health reported over 8,000 HIV health workers lost jobs.
- Activists responded, praising the decision, while Dr Kate Rees noted it was difficult to predict its effect on South Africa’s HIV programmes.
- The U.N. agency on AIDS warns that, without safeguards, 4 million more AIDS-related deaths could occur by 2029, EXCLUSIVE to this bullet.
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News24 | Small win for activists, but SA’s HIV projects won’t be reopened
The $400 million that the United States Congress removed from a list of programmes from which the Trump administration wants to cut funds, doesn’t cancel the cuts to global HIV and TB programmes made in February. HIV projects that have closed in South Africa, which were formerly funded by the US government, won’t restart as a result of the decision.
Trump admin may end PEPFAR, replacing it with a program chiefly benefiting the U.S.
The Trump administration has drafted a plan to end the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, a global health program estimated to have saved 26 million lives in developing countries since it started in 2003.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.PEPFAR “would be replaced by ‘bilateral relationships’ with low-income countries focused on the detection of outbreaks that could threat…
What does PEPFAR's future look like?
When Congress approved a Trump administration plan to take back $9 billion in funds they'd previously allocated to public media and foreign aid, there was just one program that lawmakers decided to spare: The U.S.'s HIV/AIDS initiative or PEPFAR. Does that mean PEPFAR will return to its original role leading the world's HIV/AIDS response? Radio ran on ATC on Wednesday. DIgital for Thursday, hope to publish by 2 p.m.
US Plans To Phase Out HIV Aid In Nigeria
By Ebi Kesiena The United States government is reportedly drafting a plan to phase out the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a critical global health initiative that funds HIV treatment in Nigeria and other low-income countries. According to documents obtained by The New York Times, the proposed shift would see PEPFAR move from providing direct HIV treatment and prevention to focusing on bilateral partnerships and epidemic mon…
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