Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments to act. The United States eventually did, creating PEPFAR, arguably the most successful foreign aid program in history.

Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly

Pandemonium broke out in the aid world. The US accounts for roughly 42% of global humanitarian spending. In some areas such as HIV-AIDs prevention and treatment, its $5.4bn (2024) in annual spending (97% for overseas programs) is over 25% of the global budget.

With the endless stream of announcements, reversals, measures and countermeasures coming from the new administration of United States President Donald Trump, it has become difficult to make sense of what is just noise or opening negotiation offers and what constitutes actual policy change.

Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments to act. The United States eventually did, creating PEPFAR, arguably the most successful foreign aid program in history.

The United States' pause on foreign aid contributions is having a serious impact on global health, hitting programmes fighting polio, HIV and other threats, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

Along with multiple physicians across the United States, yes, we were shocked on Jan. 31 to find that important information relating to HIV care, transgender care, sexually transmitted infections

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes it vulnerable to disease, including ones rarely seen in otherwise healthy people. The surprising emergence of such cases in the 1980s is what tipped off health experts to what became known as the AIDS epidemic.

The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world's poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months,

HIV affects not only your physical health but also your mental health. We reviewed online support groups for the disease, so you can find a community that's right for you.

The consequences of a U.S. retreat from the global response to HIV/AIDS would be immense, jeopardizing 40 years of progress.

The Department of Health said it would provide HIV patients with antiretrovirals for six months after the United States government cut funding for HIV programmes.