Haiti running out of HIV medication due to USAID funding cuts

https://www.africanews.com/2025/05/25/haiti-running-out-of-hiv-medication-due-to-usaid-funding-cuts/

Hospitals and orphanages that care for HIV/AIDS patients in Haiti fear the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's move to slash more than 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall aid worldwide.

More than 150,000 people in Haiti have HIV or AIDS, although the number is believed to be much higher.

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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

Someone should tell Trump that white South Africans are at risk of catching AIDS without USAID funding.

wombledomble@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The people who protest voted because of Gaza can add Haiti to their conscience, because this would not have happened under Harris.

leftytighty@slrpnk.net · -3 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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wombledomble@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Ah yes, I've made a mistake. You have no conscience.

TomMasz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's a feature, not a defect. Besides, no one in the White House has any issue with this happening and never will.

jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Yes, this was exactly the goal.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

what happens if they don't get their AIDS meds?

saboteur@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There's a long answer to this, but the short answer is death

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

That's not good

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

unabated hiv infection, which can progress to aids. also the spreading of it in a community. Hiv also mutates extremely fast compared to other viruses.