We are once again staring down the very real possibility of a global AIDS pandemic. It now seems very likely that the majority of U.S. aid will be permanently cut for life-saving programs that advance gender equality, LGBTIQ rights, climate justice, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Even this small list of projects represents millions of lives at risk. Americans, call your Representatives! We all must urge politicians to denounce Trump's murderous policies & step up w/ additional funds to save lives. Thank you @stephanienolen.bsky.social for keeping the spotlight on this story.
AIDS once wiped out an entire generation, and now with the ruthless execution of U.S. executive orders, once more, we are condemning people to die.
Some of our Stephen Lewis Foundation partners rely on U.S. funding for over 75% of their budgets. 1/3
The outrage we have seen in the face of tariffs must also be directed at the murderous policies of Trump which are tearing apart the progress that has been made towards ending AIDS. We need to keep this in the media and on the minds of all decent and compassionate people. We can't become complacent.
"This has been a horrendous development in the #HIV response community," says SLF Executive Director Meg French.
Watch the Global National news feature on the current impacts of the Trump administration's inhumane international aid freeze, starting at 13 minutes: globalnews.ca/video/110115...
The U.S. government’s funding freeze is putting millions of lives at risk by halting critical HIV programs.
We can’t stand by. More funding is urgently needed to ensure life-saving care continues. Join us in taking action. Donate now.
🔗 theslf.org/emergency-appeal-2025
It's time to show global solidarity!
Update: An important statement from the SLF on U.S. "stop-work" orders and the current waiver.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation welcomes the waiver by the U.S. State Department allowing the distribution of antiretroviral medicines during the 90-day freeze on U.S. international assistance and review of all aid. However, we cannot be complacent. We must continue to demand further change. 1/10
An important statement from the Stephen Lewis Foundation on U.S. "stop-work" orders.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation is appalled by the freeze on U.S. international assistance funding and the “stop work” orders issued to PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) funding recipients. 1/6
More than 20 million people around the world rely on the HIV services provided by PEPFAR. The stop work order puts millions of lives at risk. Learn more: www.amfar.org/press-releas...
A view inside an AIDS clinic, with large cardboard boxes of medications being tended to by a worker in a red shirt and white hat. Text reads: "Trump Administration Halts HIV Drug Distribution in Poor Countries." Photo credit: Foto24/Gallo Images, via Getty Images
The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
Read more: nyti.ms/4hvI8s0
