President Trump's recent executive order has thrown health services worldwide into disarray by halting US foreign aid funding for 90 days. This includes cutting off vital support for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), which provides antiretrovirals to 20 million people globally. Clinics from Uganda to Bangladesh report severe disruptions, threatening patient care and HIV management. Leaders in global health express deep concern about the immediate risks involved, asserting that the decision endangers lives, disrupts supply chains, and could lead to a resurgence of HIV/AIDS if supplies and treatments stop.
"This is a matter of life or death," said Beatriz Grinsztejn, president of the International Aids Society, emphasizing the dire consequences of halting Pepfar on global health.
"Today is crazy... we are worried. As I'm chatting with you now, I'm amid lots of emails and trying to find who can stock up our supplies and drugs," shared Brian Aliganyira from Uganda.
Asia Russell, executive director of Health Gap, criticized the stop work order as "wasteful, inefficient" and detrimental to global health security, underscoring the urgency of Pepfar's work.
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