“The Upcoming PEPFAR Cut Will Kill Millions, Many of Them Children” by Omnizoid

Edit 1/29: Funding is back, baby!

Crossposted from my blog.

(This could end up being the most important thing I’ve ever written. Please like and restack it—if you have a big blog, please write about it).

A mother holds her sick baby to her chest. She knows he doesn’t have long to live. She hears him coughing—those body-wracking coughs—that expel mucus and phlegm, leaving him desperately gasping for air. He is just a few months old. And yet that's how old he will be when he dies.

The aforementioned scene is likely to become increasingly common in the coming years. Fortunately, there is still hope.

Trump recently signed an executive order shutting off almost all foreign aid. Most terrifyingly, this included shutting off the PEPFAR program—the single most successful foreign aid program in my lifetime. PEPFAR provides treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS—it has saved about [...]

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First published:
January 27th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BRqBvkjskZ6c2G6rn/the-upcoming-pepfar-cut-will-kill-millions-many-of-them

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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