The uncertain future
of the global AIDS response

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Andrew’s additional coverage of the uncertain future of the global AIDS response:

BBC Health Check

BBC Health Check

As the presenter’s friend on the January 14 program, I discuss the new bilateral health compacts the United States is negotiating with African countries.

The Lancet

Botswana’s HIV services struggle

Amid PEPFAR cuts and an economic downturn, programs to control HIV in Botswana have disappeared.

Devex

U.S. retreat stalls Botswana’s HIV prevention outreach

A simple, one-time procedure that sharply lowers HIV risk has long been a quiet success story in Botswana — until U.S. funding cuts halted the community outreach behind it.

Foreign Policy

The end of ending AIDS

As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.

Devex

How will America’s new global health strategy change PEPFAR?

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.

Geneva Health Files

The story of the unfolding HIV crisis as seen in three countries

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.

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