Marco Rubio halted all humanitarian spending on Friday — including PEPFAR. That means 20 million people who had their HIV under control with medication will now see their disease progress toward AIDS, and they are also at much greater risk of spreading HIV. Disastrous.
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Trump pauses funding for anti-HIV program that prevented 26 million AIDS deaths
On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
