Storyline
Trump administration cuts to global HIV relief program
A report documents that disruptions to PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief) under the Trump administration caused clinic closures, staff layoffs, and reduced HIV prevention and treatment services across 46 countries. The cuts have resulted in the loss of over 1,700 clinics and 16,000 staff positions, with disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations including sex workers.
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2026-07-28
- Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
- Africa: Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. - AIDS 2026 Charts the Next Phase of the HIV Response
- New HIV treatment options offer some hope amid U.S. funding cuts
- Africa: 'Science is Not the Problem' - UNAIDS Says Political Choices Now Threaten HIV Response
- World risks HIV resurgence as funding falls 18pc, UNAIDS says
2026-07-27
2026-07-23
- AP post on USAID cuts backfires as critics question taxpayer-funded Nepal transgender jobs
- AP post on USAID cuts backfires as critics question taxpayer-funded Nepal transgender jobs
- How USAID’s elimination hit US efforts on cyclospora
- Africa: New Data Reveals Scale of PEPFAR Disruptions as HIV Services Falter
- What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal
- What to know from the AP’s report on the impact of USAID cuts on impoverished aid workers in Nepal
- Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive