Eight countries could run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts, WHO says
Reuters The Trump administration’s decision to pause US foreign aid has “substantially disrupted” supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life-saving medicines, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The global health agency said that Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Ukraine could exhaust […]
Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the US Government froze foreign aid. On the outskirts of the city, meanwhile, millions of life-saving doses sit on the shelves of a warehouse, unused and unreachable. Alice […]
Some malaria, HIV, TB program cuts reversed by US, groups say, but UN release emergency aid reserves after “brutal” donor cuts
London, UK Reuters Some lifesaving health projects that had their US funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, several of the groups told Reuters. The aid recipients said the decisions were promising, but that their work remains in limbo as funding for their projects from the world’s biggest donor had […]
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
London, UK/Johannesburg, South Africa/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as US President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of a review to ensure […]
US aid freeze “decimates” life-saving work globally, survey finds
Bangkok, Thailand/Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with malnourished children, because of US President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, according to a survey of 246 humanitarian organisations. The US is by far the biggest contributor to global humanitarian aid, giving about […]
US actions have serious impact on global health, WHO chief says
Reuters The United States’ pause on foreign aid contributions is having a serious impact on global health, hitting programmes fighting polio, HIV and other threats, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Tedros urged the US to consider resuming aid funding until solutions can be found. Director-General of the World Health Organisation […]
New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official
London, UK Reuters A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start deliveries of Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir on that timeline, said Hui Yang, head of supply operations at the Global Fund […]
Essay: Five things you should know about the HIV epidemic
In an article first published on The Conversation, AIDS researchers NOMATHEMBA CHANDIWANA AND LINDA-GAIL BEKKER look at the state of play…
Global health fund says health, climate, conflict ‘triple whammy’ hits world’s poorest
London, UK Reuters Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people’s health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said. He was speaking in London ahead of Thursday’s release of the Global Fund’s 2024 report covering its work last year, which […]
UK’s infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds
London, UK Reuters An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry reported on Monday. Inquiry chair Brian Langstaff said more than 30,000 people received infected blood and blood products […]