How a shifting U.S. role in preventing HIV could impact women in Africa
Kruish Mubiru, Executive Director of Uganda Young Positives (UYP) displays a pamphlet on HIV prevention in his office on February 12, 2025 in Kampala, Uganda. (Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images)
The United Nation’s HIV/AIDS program estimates millions more deaths around the world over the next four years if U.S. funding does not resume.
The Trump administration currently has a freeze on most foreign aid. It did carve out a waiver for some lifesaving services, but UNAIDS says disruptions to care continue.
Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with the group’s deputy executive director, Angeli Achrekar, who also was in leadership for 20 years for the U.S. agency that funds AIDS prevention work around the world, PEPFAR.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
