by The Foreign break Ordered by State Secretary Marco Rubio will cause an interruption of financing for the Emergency Plan of the President for AIDS exemption, or Pepfar, according to two sources according to two sources. This can interrupt the delivery of antiviral medicines (ARVs) for millions.
It is not clear whether local stocks of the medicines can make any delivery shortages that can occur during the break, according to the sources.
Although the financing can be returned pending the outcome of a 90-day assessment, there is also a growing concern among proponents that conference support for Pepfar is in danger because of a revelation earlier this month that groups who received help, have performed abortions, a Violation of the US. law.
Reuters reported that four nurses in Mozambique had performed 21 abortions since 2021. This revelation can also be part of the upcoming assessment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs manages the Pepfar program that started under the George W. Bush government and is credited for saving millions of lives around the world. It offers billions of financing to organizations to combat HIV and currently offers ARVs to more than 20 million people in 55 countries, according to the House for Foreign Affairs.
President Trump issued an executive order with an assessment of 90 days of American foreign tools. CBS News obtained an American Bureau for International Development (USAID) Memo sent on Saturday, says that the foreign aid break “means complete stopping” with limited exceptions.
Mr. Trump told reporters on Saturday that he would like other countries to spend more on foreign help.
“We are like a one -way street, so we want other people to help us and we want other people to join us. We give billions and billions and billions of dollars and other countries from those rich, give zero,” the president said Reporters on board Air Force One. “Why would we be the only ones?
In a public letter addressed to Rubio on Friday, representatives Gregory W. Meeks, member of the Range of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Lois Frankel, ranking of the National Security of the House, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP) Credits Subcommissie Subcommissie, wrote: “Foreign utilities of the United States promote stability in other countries to prevent crises from turning off directly to our door.”
“Foreign help is not a hand -out; it is a strategic investment in our future that is vital to us worldwide leadership and a more resilient world,” they added. “It serves our national interests directly and shows our credibility to allies, partners and vulnerable people who rely on American help in survival.”
Camilla Schick has contributed to this report.
Margaret Brennan
