Updated April 9, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
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PEPFAR Freeze: HIV/AIDS Treatment Cut for 20 Million People Across Africa
The administration froze PEPFAR on Day One, cutting antiretroviral therapy for an estimated 20 million HIV-positive people in sub-Saharan Africa. PEPFAR funded 70% of the global HIV response. Health …
- PEPFAR provided HIV treatment to an estimated 20.6 million people globally, 70% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy in the …
- Within days of the freeze, reports emerged from Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, and Zambia of clinics closing, drug supplies …