{"id":60068,"date":"2025-01-28T13:23:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60068"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:23:53","slug":"u-s-freezes-hiv-aid-to-nigeria-developing-nations-under-trumps-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/28\/u-s-freezes-hiv-aid-to-nigeria-developing-nations-under-trumps-order\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Freezes HIV Aid to Nigeria, Developing Nations Under Trump\u2019s Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has suspended U.S. funding for HIV\/AIDS programs in Nigeria and other developing nations under a new executive order.<\/p>\n<p>The freeze affects the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a $6.5 billion initiative supporting millions globally with treatment, prevention, and care.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension, which could last several months, halts funding disbursements and puts Nigeria\u2014one of the countries hardest hit by HIV\u2014at risk of significant setbacks in its national HIV response.<\/p>\n<p>PEPFAR has contributed over $6 billion to Nigeria\u2019s efforts to combat the epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes for a resolution may hinge on the stance of Marco Rubio, a supporter of PEPFAR, as he assumes the role of Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p>However, prolonged delays could leave millions without access to essential healthcare and medication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo &nbsp; President Donald Trump has suspended U.S. funding for HIV\/AIDS programs in Nigeria and other developing nations under a new executive order. The freeze affects the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a $6.5 billion initiative supporting millions globally with treatment, prevention, and care. The suspension, which could last several months, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":60069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[1266,59,1640,1700,1638],"class_list":["post-60068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aids","tag-featured","tag-hiv","tag-pepfar","tag-trump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60070,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60068\/revisions\/60070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}