Haiti’s successful reduction of HIV infection rates to below 2% is at risk as the US pauses foreign aid, threatening efforts to eradicate the disease by 2030.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 06, 2025 — The Trump Administration’s suspension of operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and foreign aid freeze have left HIV/AIDS treatment specialists in Haiti scrambling to maintain life-saving services and continue prevention campaigns. Public health professionals warn that the decision threatens to unravel years of success in the fight against the epidemic. It also hampers the larger goal of eliminating the condition as a public health threat by 2030.
Read the full story at The Haitian Times.
Source : The Haitian Times
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