
Trump Administration stops the HIV drug distribution in poor countries

The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to end the payment of HIV medication with US help, even if the medication has already been obtained and are in local clinics.
The guideline is part of a broader freezing for foreign help that was initiated last week. It includes the President's emergency plan for AIDS's relief. The global health program led by George W. Bush, which is attributed to more than 25 million lives worldwide.
The administration had already prevented Pfepfar financing in clinics, hospitals and other organizations in countries with low incomes.
Appointments are canceled and the patients are turned away from clinics, according to people who are informed about the situation, fears the retaliation when they speak publicly. Many people with HIV are exposed to abrupt interruptions of their treatment.
Most federal civil servants are also strict commands not to communicate with external partners, which leads to confusion and fear, so several people with knowledge of the situation.
US officials were also asked to hire technical support from the national health ministries.
“The partners we work with are shocked and do not know what to do because their life -saving mission and commitment were violated,” said Asia Russell, Executive of Advocacy Group Health Gap.
According to an e -e -mail, which was viewed by the New York Times, the employees of the centers for the control and prevention of diseases and immediately immediately instructed to communicate with employees of the World Health Organization.
They were later not even directed in the same meeting room – real or virtually – such as employees or on e -mail discussions in which the employees are also involved.
Some said they were too afraid to contact colleagues, they look at friends, even if they only say goodbye and did not want to be identified for fear of retaliation.
On Monday afternoon, officials worldwide were made aware that Pfepar's data systems will be shut down at 6 p.m. at 6 p.m. – approximately three hours after receipt of the e -mail – access to all data records, reports and analytical tools immediately.
“Users should prioritize the copying of key documents and data,” says the e -mail shown by time.
The news prompted speculation that the program would not resume because its future had already been questioned.
Some Republican senators have campaigned against Pepperization of Pepperization for five years and claimed that the program promoted abortions. The program was renewed for one year in March.
Without treatment, virus levels in people with HIV will quickly bounce, the immune systems of infected people bounce and the likelihood increases that they spread the virus to others.
About every third untreated pregnant women can pass on the virus to their babies.
An interrupted treatment can also lead to the development of resistant trunks that can spread all over the world.
A study estimated that if Pepper would end, up to 600,000 lives would be lost in South Africa in the next decade alone. And this nation is only based on 20 percent of the HIV budget on Pepfar. Some poorer countries are almost exclusively dependent on the program.
“This is another domino in the devastating influences of harmful freezing and hangs life in balance,” said Jirair Ratevosian, who acted as head of staff for Peppert during the Biden administration.