HIV, Africa and Donald Trump

Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here’s what’s at stake
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease.
South African scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine. Then came Trump’s aid cuts
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work.
Trump's aid freeze sends shock waves through Africa's HIV programs
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease. For two decades, the American people have paid for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump’s aid freeze has hit hard
In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients.
Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work. The first round of vaccines she and her colleagues made in Johannesburg had produced an immune response in rabbits,
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
According to data from amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, about 1.3 million people are on HIV/AIDS treatment in Kenya, ...
D.C. is seeing fewer HIV cases. But that means less money going forward.
The decline in D.C. HIV cases is a positive trend, but funding cuts could impact future prevention work. Derrick “Strawberry” ...
Scientists develop new natural killer cell strategy to target HIV
Researchers at The Wistar Institute's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center have successfully identified a new approach using ...
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AI tool diagnoses diabetes, HIV and COVID from a blood sample
One-shot’ approach that uses machine learning to screen immune cells could help to detect conditions with overlapping ...
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New HIV therapy lenacapavir shows high efficacy in Ugandan population
A multi-national, multi-institutional study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found little natural resistance to a ...
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Older, Sexually Active High School Students More Likely to Receive HIV, STI Testing
Increasing testing for both HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can help to mitigate the incidence of both in high school students.
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North Dakota House votes to repeal 'discriminatory' HIV law
With a 50-43 vote, the House passed a bill to downgrade the crime of intentional HIV transmission from a felony to a ...
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New therapy may effectively control HIV in Uganda
A multi-national, multi-institutional study investigators found little natural resistance to a new HIV therapy called lenacapavir in a population of patients in Uganda.
USAID cuts mean uncertain future for Kenyan children with HIV
A US aid freeze means that Nyumbani Children’s Homes' access to antiretroviral drugs may end soon. US President Donald ...