Trump lashes out at France and Germany amid growing evidence that HIV patients are being denied life-saving drugs.
Donald Trump has accused European countries of not helping with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as the UN warned sweeping US cuts to its HIV response programme will cost millions of lives.
Speaking to The Independent, comments included in a new documentary on the impact of the cuts, the president said the United States had spent “billions and billions of dollars” to combat the disease and was the “only country” assisting, adding that now it was Europe’s turn to step up.
Read the full news story at The Independent.
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Source : The Independent
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