Where: Trump cuts overturn 20 years of progress against AIDS – could lead to 3 million deaths

The cuts decided by a Trump government in financial aid abroad could cost the lives of millions of people around the world, warned today the General Manager of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adanom Gebregs. Only in the battle against AIDS, the cuts decided by the US government “could overthrow 20 years of progress, leading to more than 10 million additional HIV cases and 3 million HIV -related deaths, three times more deaths than last year,” he warned. To further explain the impact of Washington’s departure from international health programs, Dr. Tentros referred to other diseases as examples, such as malaria and tuberculosis. “There is already a serious disorder in the process of providing malaria and drug diagnoses due to shortages, delays or lack of funding. This disorder also concerns the mosquitoes that are […]
Source: News Beast

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