US EditionTrump team set to destroy $12m worth of HIV drugs and contraceptives that were bought before closing USAID
- The Trump administration has halted the distribution of HIV prevention medications and various contraceptive supplies, valued at nearly $12 million, that have been stored in Belgium and Dubai since January 2024, with plans underway to dispose of the stock if it cannot be sold.
- These actions follow deep foreign aid cuts starting in January under the America First policy, which dismantled USAID and terminated about 90% of its contracts.
- The stalled stock includes millions of condoms, contraceptive pills, implants, and HIV-prevention drugs intended for 18 countries, while internal USAID memos urged transferring these supplies to avoid waste.
- Secretary Rubio stated waivers aim to prevent short-term harm, but health workers warn the cuts cause medication shortages risking HIV care and millions of AIDS-related deaths worldwide.
- These aid reductions disrupt health programs in vulnerable countries and could reverse decades of progress, leading to increased unwanted pregnancies, new HIV infections, and orphaned children.
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Letter: Trump administration policies putting nation’s health at risk
Rather than making America healthy again, President Donald Trump has pulled out all the stops to do the exact opposite (“Deep cuts erode the foundations of the U.S. public health system.” Reading Eagle, June 1). He is putting us all at risk by taking a sledgehammer to wreck the missions of key government health agencies. He is degrading our leadership in the world for medical research and our ability to develop lifesaving medical treatments. Hea…
Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has made massive budget cuts in external aid programs, including those related to health.
GENE MONIN: Avoidable suffering when money drives policies
The fallout from President Donald Trump’s sudden cessation of American health funding aid (USAID) and U.S. withdrawal from WHO (World Health Organization) is already bringing death in the poorest countries and to vulnerable people.
Millions of contraceptive methods are blocked in warehouses and threatened with destruction, while they are destined for the populations of the poorest countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This is what the US newspaper Washington Post and the Reuters agency revealed on Friday 6 June, a situation which is due to the fact that the United States, which was supposed to deliver them, has removed a large part of the funding for humanitarian pr…
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