""Trump thinks by banning commemoration of World AIDS Day, he can hide from the death and destruction that he's causing around the world," said Health GAP Executive Director Asia Russell, according to The Washington Blade. "But we're here to say, we can see him," Russell continued. "We see him stealing medicine, stealing support services, stealing HIV testing, stealing life-saving care from communities all around the world suffering and dying without access.""
"Protestors noted that Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, defied the appropriations authority of Congress by slashing the funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an HIV-prevention program that has saved an estimated 25 to 26 million lives since its inception in 2003. PEPFAR actually received full funding by Congress, but Vought helped cancel $4.9 billion for HIV/AIDS prevention and other foreign aid health programs, the protest groups noted."
Approximately 100 HIV activists blocked an intersection near the White House to protest federal cuts to HIV prevention programs on World AIDS Day. Activists unfurled large red banners listing African countries denied HIV funding by the current administration and marched from 16th and I Streets to Lafayette Park. The administration declined to commemorate World AIDS Day for the first time in 38 years. Activists accused Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought of defying Congress by slashing funding for PEPFAR, a program credited with saving an estimated 25 to 26 million lives since 2003. Protest groups said Vought helped cancel $4.9 billion for HIV/AIDS prevention and other foreign aid health programs.
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