Monday marks WORLD AIDS Day. However, for the first time since 1988, the federal government is not commemorating WORLD AIDS Day. According to an email obtained by The New York Times and by Substack columnist Emily Bass, the State Department has instructed employees and grant recipients not to use federal funds to observe WORLD AIDS DAY.
Since 2003, under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative, the federal government has invested more than $100 billion in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and set a collaborative goal of ending the epidemic by 2030.
However, under President Trump’s second term, funding cuts and international program suspensions could be devastating to the decades of progress.
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