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‘People are going to die’: US foreign aid pause hits life-saving HIV, malaria programs
28 Jan 2025 00:46 GMT
… of the HIV prevention medication globally.
The … sexual and reproductive health, including counseling patients about abortion.
The International AIDS … essentially stops their HIV treatment. If that …
Chief Medical Editor, Healio Infectious Disease News …
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IAS Urges Immediate Restoration of PEPFAR Funding to Prevent Catastrophic Loss of Life
28 Jan 2025 02:47 GMT
… President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a move … program for HIV treatment may soon go without critical medication. Grinsztejn warned … country to combat a single disease. The U.S. has … million lives and preventing millions of new HIV infections in …
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HIV/AIDS Care for Millions Could Be Interrupted by Marco Rubio’s Foreign Aid Freeze
28 Jan 2025 00:06 GMT
… of the Centers for Disease Control, which is one … , president of the International AIDS Society, said that PEPFAR … its funding essentially stops their HIV treatment.”
“If that happens, people … and that HIV/AIDS “is primarily a lifestyle disease… and as …
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Trump moves to stop Bush-era AIDS relief program that saved millions: report
28 Jan 2025 03:15 GMT
… of lives abroad by distributing HIV medications to low-income countries, … are being canceled, and patients are being turned away … abrupt interruptions to their treatment."
PEPFAR is widely … quickly spike, hobbling the immune systems of the infected people …
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Trump's foreign aid freeze will stop AIDS funding under PEPFAR — a program that's saved millions
28 Jan 2025 02:41 GMT
… the main source of HIV-fighting drugs to 54 developing countries … on antiretroviral treatment; more than 224,000 HIV tests; services … of Health GAP, an AIDS treatment advocacy organization, told The … -up, and risk onward transmission that cannot simply be ‘ …
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Jillian Michaels Warns Against GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic for Weight Loss
28 Jan 2025 02:48 GMT
… popularity as weight-loss aids after gaining FDA approval … expressed skepticism. ‘Everything with medication, for me personally, is … Michaels warned against the drugs’ long-term sustainability. … diabetes treatment. The growing demand for these medications has …
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US foreign aid ban hits HIV-related local drug stocks
28 Jan 2025 00:52 GMT
… Shares of domestic drugmakers making medicines to treat HIV infections plunged Monday … include funding for the AIDS relief programme. The … , and Cipla, as HIV drugs are key contributors to … Torrent Pharmaceuticals along with hospitals and diagnostics stocks as …
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IAS Warns of Devastating Impact as US Reinstates “Global Gag Rule” on HIV Response
28 Jan 2025 02:47 GMT
The International AIDS Society (IAS) has issued … in health services, including HIV and reproductive health services, … regions most affected by the HIV epidemic.
The rule, which has … undermines efforts to contain the HIV epidemic and protect public health.
Send …
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Fate of SA’s HIV/Aids projects up in air
28 Jan 2025 03:05 GMT
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Scientists and NGOs working on HIV/Aids programmes across SA are … Aids Relief (Pepfar) is the biggest foreign donor to SA’s HIV … /Aids programmes, while the US … ) is the largest funder of HIV/Aids research in SA...
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Trump Pauses Disbursement of Global HIV Treatment Funds
27 Jan 2025 19:01 GMT
… funding for a crucial HIV treatment program in Africa … 39;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a $ … HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV,… decades to control the HIV epidemic." Ratevosian added that …