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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:41:03 JST Nonilex

   #Trump Halts #HIV Drug Distribution in Poor Countries

   #PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as #Republican critics had hoped.

   The Trump admin has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV #medications purchased w/ US aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained & are sitting in local clinics.

   #ForeignAid #AIDS #health #USpol #nationalism #ForeignPolicy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
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     Some #Republican senators have campaigned against #PEPFAR’s reauthorization for 5 yrs, alleging that the program promoted abortions. In March, the program was renewed for 1 yr.

     Without treatment, virus levels in people w/ #HIV will quickly spike, hobbling the immune systems of the infected people & increasing the odds that they will spread the virus to others.

     About 1 in 3 untreated pregnant women may pass the virus onto their babies.

     #USpol #Trump #nationalism #ForeignPolicy

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     Interrupted #HIV treatment may also lead to the emergence of resistant strains that can spread across the world.

     One study estimated that if #PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in #SouthAfrica alone. And that nation relies on PEPFAR for only 20% of its HIV budget. Some poorer countries are almost entirely dependent on the program.

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 18:41:01 JST Nonilex

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     #US ofcls have also been told to stop providing technical assistance to national ministries of #health.

     “The partners we collaborate with are in shock, & they do not know what to do because their lifesaving mission & commitment has been breached,” said Asia Russell, executive director of the advocacy group Health Gap.

     #USpol #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #nationalism #ForeignPolicy #PEPFAR #HIV #AIDS

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     Appointments are being canceled, & patients are being turned away from clinics, acc/to people w/knowledge of the situation who feared #retribution if they spoke publicly. Many people w/ #HIV are facing abrupt interruptions to their treatment.

     But most federal ofcls are also under strict orders not to communicate w/external partners, leading to confusion & anxiety, acc/to several people with knowledge of the situation.

     #USpol #health #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #nationalism #ForeignPolicy

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     The directive is part of a broader freeze on #ForeignAid initiated last week. It includes the President’s Emergency Plan for #AIDS Relief, the global #health program started by George W. Bush that is credited w/saving >25M lives worldwide.

     The #Trump admin had already moved to stop #PEPFAR funding from moving to #clinics, #hospitals & other organizations in low-income countries.

     #USpol #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #nationalism #ForeignPolicy