The Trump administration’s new health strategy maintains a commitment to global AIDS targets, but experts warn it will undercut the program needed to achieve them.

In the eight months since the initial U.S. funding freeze, the deaths and the new infections that researchers predicted have materialized. I witnessed this suffering firsthand reporting since February from three countries—Uganda, Thailand and Malawi—that relied on U.S. support for HIV services.

Following the upheaval caused by the Trump administration’s revocation of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for AIDS programs, Malawi’s government is trying to rescue the country’s HIV response.

With official development assistance plummeting, governments are under pressure to make up the funds through taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages. But these levies may not be a financial panacea.

Malawi was at the forefront of HIV prevention efforts before Washington cut global aid. Now officials are struggling to revive traditional prevention services and introduce new innovations.

I appear on a segment of this program to discuss the impact of the U.S. funding cuts on health services six months after they were enacted.