#pepfar — Public Fediverse posts

Mike Reid, who served as chief science officer for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has quit the position because the State Department is considering withholding assistance from people with HIV in Zambia to push the country into signing a favorable ⁠critical-minerals deal with the U.S. (hand to ear as if getting an update) I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/expert-quits-us-hiv-role-223533939.html

https://reimaginingglobalhealth.substack.com/p/stepping-away

#satire #USpol #PEPFAR #Zambia #BadGuys

Mike Reid, once chief science officer for PEPFAR, quit because State Department is considering withholding assistance from people w/HIV in Zambia to push them into signing a minerals deal w/US. I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys. #satire #USpol #PEPFAR #Zambia #BadGuys

That's the result of #ElonMusk & his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) appearing to take special aim at programs that include the word "#condoms" or "#contraceptives" in their funding documents. This includes virtually every initiative related to a global #HIV / #AIDS response program administered by the #State Dept known as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or #PEPFAR.

#Trump #USAID #PublicHealth #Health #geopolitics #USpol