Activists protested at the State Department, highlighting the critical shortcomings of PEPFAR under the Trump administration. Despite claims that funding for the program would be exempt from international aid freezes, actual HIV treatment distribution remains severely inadequate. Matt Rose from the Human Rights Campaign articulated the dire situation, indicating that drug distribution is happening at alarmingly low levels, with critical supplies sitting unused in warehouses. The limitations on treatment availability are particularly detrimental for LGBTQ+ communities and vulnerable populations, raising concerns about a resurgence of AIDS-related deaths.
We could return to darkest days of AIDS epidemic... The most vulnerable if denied treatment are people with advanced disease and children, whose immune systems have not completely developed.
Some distribution of drugs is taking place, but it's "massively low," Rose says. He and others have heard that drugs are sitting in warehouses and not going out to those who need them.
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