HIV activists demand the Trump White House fully restore PEPFAR funding following a deadly freeze.
Credit: Tim MurphyToday, February 6, activists are rallying at US State Department headquarters in Washington, DC, to condemn the Trump administration’s attack on people living with and at risk of HIV and AIDS throughout the world, including dismantling USAID and freezing billions in funds to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a global health initiative that aims to save lives and prevent HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR provides lifesaving treatment to over 20 million people living with HIV, mostly in Africa.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) — an advocacy think tank focused on eradicating HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis — coorganized the action in DC, which included well-known HIV activist groups such as ACT UP, HealthGAP, Housing Works and others.
Read the full coverage of the protest by Laura Schmidt at POZ.
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