The Trump administration stops HIV drug distribution in poor countries

The Trump administration has instructed an organization in another country to stop paying HIV drugs purchased with US assistance, even if drugs are already obtained and sitting in a local clinic.

This order is a part of a widespread freezing of foreign aid that started last week. This includes President's emergency plan for AIDS rescue, a global health program, which is believed to save more than 25 million lives around the world.

The administration had already moved to stop Pepfar's funds from moving to low -income clinics, hospitals, and other organizations.

The appointment has been canceled, and the patient is turning his back from the clinic. Many HIVs are facing a sudden interruption of their treatment.

However, most federal governments have been strictly ordered not to communicate with external partners, according to a few people who have knowledge of the situation.

US authorities have also been told to stop providing technical support to the Ministry of Health.

“The partners we are cooperating are shocked. They don't know what to do because their mission and commitments have been infringed,” said the executive director of the Advocacy Group Health Gap, Asia. Russell says.

According to an email viewed by the New York Times, an employee of the Disease Control Prevention Center was immediately instructed to stop communicating with the World Health Organization late on Sunday.

They later were instructed to participate in the same conference room (genuine or virtual) as the employees, or to participate in the e -mail conversation in which the staff is engaged.

Some say that just saying goodbye is too afraid of contacting a colleague who thinks of a friend and does not want to be identified because of fear of retaliation.

In the afternoon of Monday, officials around the world warned that Pepfar's data system would be closed about 6 hours after receiving emails.

“Users need to prioritize the major documentation and data copy,” said the Times.

The message has stimulated speculation that the program will not be resumed because the future has already become a problem.

Some Republican Senate have been campaigns in opposition to Pepfer's re -approval for five years, claiming that the program has promoted abortion. In March, the program was updated for one year.

Without the treatment, the viral level of HIV patients will quickly increase, hobling the infected immune system, and increases the probability of spreading viruses to others.

Approximately one person can give the virus to the baby to an unprocessed pregnant woman.

Interrupt treatment can lead to the emergence of resistant shares that can spread around the world.

One study states that if Pepfar ended, 600,000 people will be lost in South Africa alone in the next 10 years. And the country depends on Pep fur with only 20 % of the HIV budget. Some poor countries are almost completely dependent on programs.

“This is another domino in the catastrophic impact of harmful freezing against the program, and has left a balanced life,” said Girea Rate Bossian, who was the chief of the Biden administration. I said.