Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels seen in more than three decades and provided life-saving medicines for some of the world’s most vulnerable.

But in the last six months, the sudden withdrawal of U.S. money has caused a “systemic shock,” U.N. officials warned, adding that if the funding isn’t replaced, it could lead to more than 4 million AIDS-related deaths and 6 million more HIV infections by 2029.

A new UNAIDS report released Thursday said the funding losses have “already destabilized supply chains, led to the closure of health facilities, left thousands of health clinics without staff, set back prevention programs, disrupted HIV testing efforts and forced many community organizations to reduce or halt their HIV activities.”

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    9 months ago

    Can someone please explain how the fuck US money was so crucial to global HIV testing that one Orange dipshit and his cronies destroyed decades of progress? Where is money from the rest of the world? How the fuck is one country the sole provider for this money?

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      9 months ago

      European countries are very selfish on the world stage.

      Also why fund something when the US is footing the bill?

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        9 months ago

        Your comment is far too sophisticated for the average Trump voter. From global reserve currency to soft power, these morons don’t understand any of that.

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    The cruelty is the point. The “global elite” have been talking about population reduction for years. Now they have someone in charge of the US who agrees with them. And that’s terrifying.