In a stockroom of Kuoyo Sub-county Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, a nurse holds a USAID-labeled box containing antiretroviral medicine in April, as US funding cuts ripple through the health system. Michel Lunanga/Getty Images
The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally.
The full extent of the budget cuts related to US-funded HIV/AIDS relief work is highly unclear, and Congress is still battling the White House’s proposed budget clawbacks and withholding of billions of dollars in funding.
PEPFAR, formally called the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is credited with saving more than 26 mill