Trump administration freezes the new funding for anti-HIV program and other health services except key food programs.
The US Donald Trump Administration announced a freezing of almost all new fingers for foreign assistance, with exception for Israel and Egypt.
The order from the US Department on Friday also includes emergency programs, but not the sustains of health that supports vital services, which saves life.
In a accompanyed memo, recently confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the tall functioning to “ensure that, in the maximum measurement allowed by law, not be made new obligation for foreign assistance.”
The humanitarian organizations immediately expressed the alarm to the directive, expressing fear that could contribute to global instability and loss of life.
“Suspending the foreign development assistance, trump joints and the future of the community in crisis, and dropping the longing for the United States to the foreign assistance that sustains people based on The needs, regardless of politics, “Abby Maxman. Head of Oxfam America, he said in a statement.
Temporary freezing is expected to last for a period of at least three months. In the first 85 days, rubio is expected to take “decisions to continue, modify or finish programs, according to the note.
Between the expected health programs to experience funding freeze is the Udgency plan for the AIDS relief, even known as Pepfar. I am
Stable in 2003 under George W Bushy administration has enjoyed a broad, until the Congress has missed a term in 2023. Its funding has received an extension of one year until March 2025, but that is expected to expire. in the three-month window.
Experts esteem that pepfar helped save as much as 25 million lives since it was started.
Left without touching from freezing, help for Israel and Egypt, two of the largest recipients of US military assistance.
The two countries faced the scrutinium on his human rights records and they call to exploit the US help in exchange for substantial reform.
Friday’s memo made a special mention of waiting for “military funding for Israel and Egypt and administrative expenses, necessary to administer foreign military funding.”
There was no indication of a similar exemption for the Ukrainianly based on the US weapons in their fight to respect a Russian-scale launched in February 2022.
The United States spent more than $ 60 billion in foreign assistance in 2023, more than any other country as a whole.
But that sum counts for about 1 per cent of the American government expenditure. Next to Friday’s memo, some help plans in the world have received work-cessit orders.
“This is a fool,” Jeremy Konynyk said, a former US agency officers for international development (USAID).
Has shared with the agency of news reuters its indignation. “This will kill people. I mean, if implemented as written in that cable … many people will die.”
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2025-01-25 03:21:00
