US Actions Harm Global Efforts to Prevent and Treat HIV in Dozens of Countries, New Report Says
The cut would end $46 million in grants for HIV testing and treatment referrals, and states would get only short-term replacement funding.
- The Office of Management and Budget told the CDC late last week it will not renew $46 million in funding for 96 community-based organizations providing HIV testing, treatment referrals, and outbreak response.
- Budget constraints and DEI elimination drive the decision, as the White House 2027 budget request proposed eliminating $800 million in CDC HIV prevention funding and $220 million for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.
- Prior disruptions already led to closure of more than 1,700 clinics and loss of more than 16,000 staff members, with prevention spending falling 51% from 2024 to 2025 and nearly two million fewer people receiving PEPFAR-supported antiretroviral treatment—a 10% decline.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya face calls from advocacy groups to reverse the decision, as clinics will lose 340B drug discount program access when grants end.
- HIV prevention advocates are lobbying the Senate to guarantee direct community organization funding while the House bill matches the president's elimination request, and the CDC shifts resources to state and local health departments with supplemental funding lasting only through May.
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U.S. actions harm global efforts to prevent, treat HIV in dozens of countries, new report says
A new report says the Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries.
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US actions harm global efforts to prevent and treat HIV in dozens of countries, new report says
A new report says the Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries.
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