The decision of the United Nations agency devoted to the end of the disease came in response to an immediate 90 -day financing break for all the foreign aid presented in an executive decree of President Trump, including the plan of US President’s urgency for the relief of AIDS (PEPFAR).
Pepfar is the main global HIV initiative which directly supports more than 20 million people living with HIV, which represents two thirds of all people who receive HIV treatment worldwide.
The renunciation approves the continuation or the resumption of “vital humanitarian assistance”, which applies to the main drugs and vital medical servicesIncluding HIV treatment, as well as the supplies necessary to provide such aid.
“ Critical Role ”
“UNAIDS is welcomed this renunciation of the American government, which guarantees that millions of people living with HIV can continue to receive drugs against HIV living during the assessment of US foreign development aid,” said the Executive director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima.
“”This urgent decision recognizes the critical role of Pepfar in the response of AIDS and restores hope for people living with HIV. “”
The development break of development aid for “the evaluation of programmatic efficiency and consistency with the United States foreign policy”, was one of the first major foreign decisions of the new administration.
The UNUSIDS will continue efforts to ensure that all people living with HIV or assigned by HIV are served and that other key elements of the safeguard efforts of Pepfar, including the provision of services and services for the HIV prevention, care and support for vulnerable orphans and children are prosecuted.
Immediate impact
Earlier, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) expressed profound concern about the implications of the financing break for HIV programs in low and intermediate income countries.
These programs give access to HIV Vitale therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide. Globally, 39.9 million people lived with HIV at the end of 2023.
“”Such measures, if prolonged, could lead to increases in new infections and deaths, reversing decades of progress and potentially bringing the world back to the 80s and 1990s, when millions of people died from HIV each year in the world, including many in the United States“Said who, in a statement published before the announcement of the Secretary of State’s emergency, was announced.
More than 26 million saved lives
Pepfar has been a flagship initiative for the world response of HIV since its creation over 20 years ago, which stressed.
Any financing break for Pepfar would have a direct impact on millions of lives that depend on the foreseeable supply of safe and efficient antiretroviral treatment.
Pepfar works in more than 50 countries around the world and has saved more than 26 million lives in the past two decades. Currently, Pepfar provides HIV treatment to more than 20 million people living with HIV worldwide, including 566,000 children under the age of 15.
Growing self -sufficiency
Who said that in the past year, PEPFAR and partners – including who – was Work on sustainability plans with countries for greater possession of countries and reduces the support of donors until 2030 and beyond. “”
A sudden and prolonged judgment of programs would hinder a managed transition and would bring life to millions of people in danger.
The agency said it would remain determined to support PEPFAR and other partners, as well as national governments, in the effective management of change processes to minimize the impact on people living with HIV.
