Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report
by Kat Lay Global health correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZRJK)
Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted
Aid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.
A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar - the president's emergency plan for aids relief - in Tanzania and Uganda.
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