aidsmap news story
The United States is “changing the model, not the mission” of its global HIV programmes, Jeff Graham, acting US Global AIDS Coordinator, told a pre-conference session organised by the US government at AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro on 26 July.
Minutes into his presentation, activists took the stage chanting “You lie, people die, restore PEPFAR now.”
“The last 16 months have been a public health emergency caused by your government’s deadly disruptions in PEPFAR programming and global health aid, and we will not allow this fact to be erased,” Asia Russell, Executive Director of Health GAP, told Graham. “We will not allow our communities to be erased by your anti-science, anti-LGBTQ, anti-participation agenda.”
Graham did not respond directly to the protest and his presentation resumed once the activists left the stage. But an analysis presented in an abstract session on 29 July found that it is not only the model that has changed, but the mission too.
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