Mastodawn

He sold steaks, vodka, a fake university. Now: one memo pulling the US from 31 UN programs and gutting PEPFAR, the AIDS program across 50+ countries. The snake oil was always poison. Only the bottle got bigger.
https://twp.ai/4hrssH

#Politics #Trump #PEPFAR #HumanRights #News #Resist

AFRICAN CONNECTIONS (ACREF)Jun 20

U.S. to end funding for South Africa's HIV programs over policy issues - UPI.com

#usa #HiV #aids #SouthAfrica #donaldtrump #statedepartment #PEPFAR #Lenacapavir #medicalracism

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time..."

- Maya Angelou

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/06/19/safrica-united-states-to-end-hiv-program-funding/9291781895822/

U.S. to end funding for South Africa's HIV programs over policy issues - UPI.com

The Trump administration plans to stop PEPFAR funding for HIV prevention and control programs in South Africa because of differences in policy.

UPI

News Jun 19

These 3 brothers lost their parents to AIDS. Now they struggle to make it on their own

Three brothers say their mother and father died after losing access to their HIV medications. Now the boys are figuring out how to navigate life.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/18/g-s1-128583/hiv-orphans-child-headed-family

#TopNews #News #Joseph #US #PEPFAR

Bich Nguyen Jun 19

"Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/health/pepfar-cdc-cuts.html

#PublicHealth #CDC #GlobalHealth #surveillance #prevention #PEPFAR #HIV #USAID

New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad

The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.

The New York Times

Bruce Mirken May 11

#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...

Yahoo News

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

The USA Potato Mar 13

Global Health Workers Describe Impact a Year After Trump Admin Shut Down USAID

The last year saw avoidable deaths and increased suffering for some of the poorest and most vulnerable populations.

https://murica.website/2026/03/global-health-workers-describe-impact-a-year-after-trump-admin-shut-down-usaid/

U.S. to end funding for South Africa's HIV programs over policy issues - UPI.com

New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad

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

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

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

Global Health Workers Describe Impact a Year After Trump Admin Shut Down USAID – The USA Potato