PEPFAR, Trump
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AIDS, PEPFAR and Republicans
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The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.
Hundreds of millions in federal taxpayer dollars have been given to organizations around the world that likely facilitate prostitution and
Presented by AstraZeneca{beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story PEPFAR survives rescissions Senate Republicans are removing a global anti-HIV program from the White
The U.S. Senate has opened debate on a $9 billion rescission bill to claw back foreign aid and other funding not aligned with Trump administration priorities, but will apparently leave one critical public health program alone.
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PEPFAR has not operated in Russia since 2012, when President Vladimir Putin kicked the United States Agency for International Development out of the country. U.S. law prohibits the use of any federal funds to pay for abortions. Funding abortions through PEPFAR would imply not just waste, but serious crimes or negligence, or both.
Senators made numerous changes to the legislation, which targets funding for foreign assistance programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Most notably, they removed a $400 million cut to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
IDSA and HIVMA urged lawmakers to also preserve crucial infrastructure and other programs that support PEPFAR's implementation.
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