Donald Trump independence About the impact on the AIDS epidemic of his decision to dismantle USAID.
Veteran LGBT+and HIV activists Peter Tatchell are facing legal challenges in the United States by joining politicians and charity to express their aversion to the White House’s large -scale cuts.
Tatchell said independence: “Trump’s cuts for US funding HIV projects in developing countries are sentenced to death for millions of people.
“The goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030 seems to be unable to reach. This is one of the most reckless and most reckless and avoiding health policy decisions. It will come back to harass the United States.
The reaction follows revelation independence This week’s dissolution of USAID ended the hope of defeating Global Aids Pandemic at once.
New characters released independence According to the prediction of the UN AIDS agency (UNAIDS), the number of deaths related to AIDS can increase from 6 million to 10 million in the next five years unless funding is restored.
The unprecedented confusion of the United States in the world is also expected to lead to more than 3 million AIDS orphans than expected by the end of 10 years.
Last year alone, the United Nations reached the end of the AIDS PANDEMIC by the end of 10 years and identified it with a 90 % reduction in new infections and death.
According to the United Nations, 3.4 million people, defined as children who have lost at least one parent in AIDS, will have more orphans. In addition, by 2030, 600,000 newborns may be infected with HIV. As a result, the total number of infants infections will be one million by the end of 10 years. independence show.
President Trump announced a foreign aid review on the White House. This review was provided with the frozen freezing of foreign support, which had to last for 90 days until Easter Sunday (April 20), but has been expanded.
More dramatically, the Trump administration moved to dismiss almost all USAID employees as part of the so -called “Doge of Government Efficiency” reform of the billionaire.
It has finished funds and dismissed the contractor throughout the federal bureaucracy about what was described as a “attack on waste expenditure”.
Due to the domino effect, the labor government of Sir Keir StarMer decreased 0.5 % to 0.3 % of the total national income (GNI), and the previous highest was the introduction of Sir Tony Blair.
The cut of Sir Keir was made to help the fund plan to increase defense spending to 2.5 %.
Sir Andrew Mitchell, a former Tori International Development Secretary, said that Sir Andrew Mitchell, who persuaded to continue 0.7 %in 2010, attacked Trump’s policy and described the decision as “tragedy.”
Andrew said: “It’s a tragedy when the Trump regime needs to pull up the draw bridge in this way when American citizens do too much to save life and end their misery. I feel too alien to the long -term support of the United States to end international pain and promote the better world for those who suffer the most.”
Dr. Halima Begum, the chief executive of Oxfam GB, warned that in a country that provides important support for clean water in countries such as the Congo Democratic Republic, it will be dangerous and can be fired by aid workers.
She warned of potential “domino effects” if Western countries gave up their international aid spending.
Dr. Begum said: “If you reduce international aid, you will increase your infection and mortality rate significantly.
She warned that the nominal financial savings of the aid cuts were actually unproductive.
“This makes us more vulnerable to the risk of overall infection around the world, and I think it’s a health to think about most people in relation to cuts, which is very true fear.
“We have made joint efforts to bring HIV to the world’s epidemic for the past 20 years, but it will be young women who will see the highest infection rate in Africa.”
She pointed out that in the UK, OXFAM supports asset tax demands that help to create a funding gap.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), meanwhile, warned that the fight against AIDS/HIV was not damaged by the original cuts.
They influenced HIV patients who rely on anti -retro viral therapy (ARV) by forcing the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief and clinic closures of Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa. In addition, surgery in Nigeria, Kenya and Tajikistan faces ARV shortages, further promoting the spread of viruses by increasing the risk of HIV treatment failure and drug resistance to treatment.
MSF spokesman: “In the US humanitarian and world health support, these large -scale cuts will cause a wide range of pain in the crisis situations.The greatest blow to this cut, including refugees and internally migrated people, children threatened by nutrition nutrition, elderly people with chronic conditions, and those who need HIV and TB treatment. It will be people.
John Plastow, executive director of Frontline AIDS: “I have heard that in recent weeks, I have been in a regular basis with the leaders of the organization, and the same story is being repeated repeatedly.The important service they offer and the state government will not pick up, and these organizations are falling and there is little development of others. Will.
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