The Trump administration said it would prioritize ending mother-to-child HIV transmission. Health workers say it cut services
It was January 2025, and the health care program the pediatrician was implementing, which provided services for HIV-exposed infants, children and pregnant women, had just received a letter from the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directing it to halt all operations.
It’s a pattern playing out across Africa, Asia and beyond as the Trump administration’s cuts to global health funding and dismantling of USAID have severely disrupted the United States’ flagship HIV/AIDS program, PEPFAR, according to a new study by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).
Although the US government said last September that HIV services to prevent mother-to-child transmission would be prioritized and protected from funding cuts, the amfAR survey found that 63% of respondents reported disruptions to those services.
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