Mastodawn

#TrumpAdministration acts to kill people with #HIV all over the world:
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-cuts-cdc-s-key-role-global-program-stop-hiv
#PEPFAR #AIDS

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting Apr 26

🚨 Researchers say US claims of stable #PEPFAR impact may hide deeper disruption. #HIV testing fell 17%, treatment starts fell 16%, PrEP initiations dropped 33%, & 76,000+ PEPFAR-supported jobs were lost. ✍️ @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏

Researchers Dispute US Governm...

Researchers Dispute US Government's Upbeat Data About PEPFAR’s Impact On HIV - Health Policy Watch

Researchers have challenged several upbeat claims made by the United States government about the continued impact of the US President’s Emergency Plan for

Health Policy Watch

David August ❌👑Apr 23

Mike Reid, who served as chief science officer for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has quit the position because the State Department is considering withholding assistance from people with HIV in Zambia to push the country into signing a favorable ⁠critical-minerals deal with the U.S. (hand to ear as if getting an update) I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/expert-quits-us-hiv-role-223533939.html

https://reimaginingglobalhealth.substack.com/p/stepping-away

#satire #USpol #PEPFAR #Zambia #BadGuys

Expert quits US HIV role, rebukes Trump's global health approach

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the...

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David August ❌👑Apr 23

Mike Reid, once chief science officer for PEPFAR, quit because State Department is considering withholding assistance from people w/HIV in Zambia to push them into signing a minerals deal w/US. I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys. #satire #USpol #PEPFAR #Zambia #BadGuys

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 20

New #PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for #HIV
Numbers are first to quantify effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.
In the last quarter of 2025, PEPFAR supported testing for 17.2M people, a steep drop from the 21.9M people tested in the same period in 2024. Diagnoses also fell, to 307,000 from 385,000, a predictable consequence of less testing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/health/hiv-testing-treatment-data-pepfar.html
https://archive.ph/dldvb

New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.

The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.

The New York Times